The Gardeners Dictionary:: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, as Also the Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory, and Vineyard. Abridg'd from the Folio Edition,, 2. köideauthor, and sold, 1735 |
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Page 185 - Sip. border of light freflv earth, but rnnft be watered and (haded in hot dry weather, until they have taken root; , after which they will require no farther care but...
Page 46 - As soon as the hops are taken off the kiln, lay them in a room for three weeks or a month, to cool, give, and toughen; for if they are bagged immediately, they will powder, but if they lie a while (and the longer they lie the better, provided they...
Page 132 - ... to water them until they have taken root ; after which they will require no farther care but to...
Page 282 - ... dry weather, until they have taken root ; after which they will require no farther care but to keep them clean from weeds till...
Page 38 - ... and in perfection, the middle of March will be a good time ; and the latter end of March, if it be apt to produce over rank binds, or the beginning of April may be soon enough. Then having with an iron picker cleared away all the earth out of the hills...
Page 37 - ... times, it will cause a great deal of trouble, and be a great detriment to the owner. The two best sorts are the white, and the grey bind, the latter is a large square hop, more hardy, and is the more plentiful bearer, and ripens later than the former. There is another sort of the white bind, which ripens a week or ten days before the common, but this is tenderer and a less plentiful bearer, but it has this advantage, that it...
Page 122 - ... it is by this method that many kinds of exotic trees are not only propagated, but -alfo rendered hardy enough to endure the cold of our climate in the open air ; for, being grafted upon...
Page 38 - Unite you must cut off all the shoots which grew up with the binds the last year; and also all the young suckers, that none be left to run in the alley, and weaken the hill. It will be proper to cut one part of the stock lower than the other, and also to cut that part low that was left highest the preceding year.
Page 44 - The oa« ought to be first warmed with a fire before the hops are laid on, and then an even steady fire must be kept under them ; it must not be too fierce at first, lest it scorch...
Page 36 - ... be best to plant them in squares, chequerwise ; but if the ground is so small that it may be done with the breast-plough or spade, the holes should be ranged in a quincunx form. Which way soever you make use of, a stake should be stuck down at all the places where the hills are to be made. Persons ought to...