An Epitome of Mr. Forsyth's Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-trees: Also, Notes on American Gardening and Fruits, with Designs for Promoting the Ripening of Fruits, and Securing Them as Family Comforts: and Further, of Economical Principles in Building Farmers' Habitations |
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... weather cover them before the flowers begin to expand ; for they often drop off before they are opened . The best covering is old fish - nets , put on three- fold ; with a few branches of dry fern , stuck in among the branches before ...
... weather cover them before the flowers begin to expand ; for they often drop off before they are opened . The best covering is old fish - nets , put on three- fold ; with a few branches of dry fern , stuck in among the branches before ...
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... weather , cover Plums in the same manner as Apricots , as above . They are more tender than other sorts of stone fruit ; the flower- cup dropping sooner . Do not thin the fruit too soon , lest it be pinched by the cold . The fruit is to ...
... weather , cover Plums in the same manner as Apricots , as above . They are more tender than other sorts of stone fruit ; the flower- cup dropping sooner . Do not thin the fruit too soon , lest it be pinched by the cold . The fruit is to ...
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... weather , letting the fresh planted trees remain unpruned till the spring . When the buds begin to shoot , if they be of maiden trees of one years growth , head them to five or more eyes , according to their strength : then rub on a ...
... weather , letting the fresh planted trees remain unpruned till the spring . When the buds begin to shoot , if they be of maiden trees of one years growth , head them to five or more eyes , according to their strength : then rub on a ...
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... once a week in dry weather , and sprinkle the tops frequently with a pot or hand - engine , to keep the wood from shrivelling till the trees have taken fresh root . In planting trees against a wall , let the stem ( 22 )
... once a week in dry weather , and sprinkle the tops frequently with a pot or hand - engine , to keep the wood from shrivelling till the trees have taken fresh root . In planting trees against a wall , let the stem ( 22 )
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... weather becomes milder , or begins to be so : He says , take a sharp pen - knife , and with its point cut through the rind of the Pear , from the footstalk to the eye , as if it were a bark - bound tree , cutting as little into the ...
... weather becomes milder , or begins to be so : He says , take a sharp pen - knife , and with its point cut through the rind of the Pear , from the footstalk to the eye , as if it were a bark - bound tree , cutting as little into the ...
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Page 101 - ... mixed with a sixth part of the same quantity of the ashes of burnt bones ; put it into a tin box, with holes in the top, and shake the powder on the surface of the plaster, till the whole is covered over with it, letting it remain for half an hour, to absorb the moisture ; then apply more powder, rubbing it on gently with the hand, and repeating the application of the powder till the whole plaster becomes a dry smooth surface.
Page 104 - ... and endanger its being blown down by the wind. It will, therefore, be necessary to leave part of the dead wood at first to strengthen the tree, and to cut it out by degrees as the new wood is formed. If there be any canker or gum oozing, the infected parts must be pared off or cut with a proper instrument.
Page 103 - ... the best way of using the Composition is found, by experience, to be in a liquid state ; it must, therefore, be reduced to the consistence of a pretty thick paint, by mixing it up with a sufficient quantity of urine and soap-suds, and laid on with a painter's brush. The powder of woodashes and burnt bones is to be applied as before directed, patting it down with the hand.
Page 101 - ... and a sixteenth part of a bushel of pit or river sand : The three last articles are to be sifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them well together with a spade, and afterwards with a wooden beater, until the stuff is very smooth, like fine plaster used for the ceilings of rooms.
Page 102 - When lime rubbish of old buildings cannot be easily got, take pounded chalk or common lime, after having been slaked a month at least.
Page 104 - ... smooth ; then cover the hollow, and every part where the canker has been cut out, or branches lopped off, with the Composition ; and, as the edges grow, take care not to let the new wood come in contact with the dead, part of which it may be sometimes necessary to leave ; but cut out the old dead wood as the new advances, keeping a hollow between them, to allow the new wood room to extend itself, and thereby fill up the cavity, which it will do in time, so as to make as it were a new tree. If...
Page 157 - Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip and sip it up. Make the most of life you may ; Life is short, and wears away. " Both alike are mine and thine, Hastening quick to their decline ; Thine's a summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore ; Threescore summers, when they're gone, Will appear as short as one.
Page 102 - ... that happens, to rub it over with the finger when occasion may require (which is best done when moistened by rain), that the plaster may be kept whole, to prevent the air and wet penetrating into the wound.
Page 100 - Take one bushel of fresh cow-dung, half a bushel of lime rubbish of old buildings (that from the ceilings of rooms is preferable), half a bushel of wood-ashes, and a sixteenth part of a bushel of pit or river sand : the three last articles are to be sifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them well together with a spade, and afterwards with a wooden beater, until the stuff is very smooth, like fine plaster used for ceilings of rooms. " The composition being thus made, care must be...
Page 101 - The Composition being thus made, care must be taken to prepare the tree properly for its application, by cutting away all the dead, decayed, and injured...