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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... winds , & c . In severe weather cover them before the flowers begin to expand ; for they often drop off before they ... winds . The practice of covering with mats in the night , and taking them off in the day , is injurious in exposing ...
... winds , & c . In severe weather cover them before the flowers begin to expand ; for they often drop off before they ... winds . The practice of covering with mats in the night , and taking them off in the day , is injurious in exposing ...
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... winds , and frosty nights ( as sometimes seen in June and July * ) . In this case , Mr , Forsyth recommends a new and bold method of operation , when the weather becomes milder , or begins to be so : He says , take a sharp pen - knife ...
... winds , and frosty nights ( as sometimes seen in June and July * ) . In this case , Mr , Forsyth recommends a new and bold method of operation , when the weather becomes milder , or begins to be so : He says , take a sharp pen - knife ...
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... winds in April and May ; which would kill the young fruit , as it makes its appearance in the spring . The branches laid into the ground should be taken up in April , taking off the hay and straw bands , Bentings , or bent - grass ...
... winds in April and May ; which would kill the young fruit , as it makes its appearance in the spring . The branches laid into the ground should be taken up in April , taking off the hay and straw bands , Bentings , or bent - grass ...
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... winds and frosts , till the fruit is of the size of a large walnut , or rather till the leaves are large enough to protect the fruit . The Italians , to forward the ripening of Figs , drop a little sweet oil from a quill into the dye of ...
... winds and frosts , till the fruit is of the size of a large walnut , or rather till the leaves are large enough to protect the fruit . The Italians , to forward the ripening of Figs , drop a little sweet oil from a quill into the dye of ...
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... wind might mix the farina , and occasion the apples and pears to de- generate . GOOSEBERRIES . THE sorts common in England , Mr. Forsyth says , are- Green Gascoin , Smooth Green , Early Black , Small Early Red . Hairy & Smooth Red ...
... wind might mix the farina , and occasion the apples and pears to de- generate . GOOSEBERRIES . THE sorts common in England , Mr. Forsyth says , are- Green Gascoin , Smooth Green , Early Black , Small Early Red . Hairy & Smooth Red ...
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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...