Truck-farming at the South. A Guide to the Raising of Vegetables for Northern Markets. ... IllustratedOrange Judd Company, 1883 - 270 páginas |
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... hill practicable , unless only a part of the manure is so applied . The great majority of the roots would soon extend beyond its limits , and the plant would suffer in the later stages of growth . BARN - YARD MANURE . This consists of ...
... hill practicable , unless only a part of the manure is so applied . The great majority of the roots would soon extend beyond its limits , and the plant would suffer in the later stages of growth . BARN - YARD MANURE . This consists of ...
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... hill , and according to his custom , cabbage seed was sown in the field , on each hill . The seed sprouted ; but the little seedlings were killed as soon as the first rootlets reached the fertilizer . As large quantities of this kainit ...
... hill , and according to his custom , cabbage seed was sown in the field , on each hill . The seed sprouted ; but the little seedlings were killed as soon as the first rootlets reached the fertilizer . As large quantities of this kainit ...
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... hills , in cold and clear nights , the frosts are less severe in consequence of the movement in the atmosphere . The dew , which has been deposited upon vegetation by condensation from the at- mosphere , will become hoar or white frost ...
... hills , in cold and clear nights , the frosts are less severe in consequence of the movement in the atmosphere . The dew , which has been deposited upon vegetation by condensation from the at- mosphere , will become hoar or white frost ...
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... hill similarly with a hoop of wood or iron , may be a protection , but is a pro- cess too troublesome and expensive for the truck - farmer . Round holes made in loamy or heavy soil by the inser- tion of a stick are said to entrap these ...
... hill similarly with a hoop of wood or iron , may be a protection , but is a pro- cess too troublesome and expensive for the truck - farmer . Round holes made in loamy or heavy soil by the inser- tion of a stick are said to entrap these ...
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... hills four years ago , I caught , by hunting them daily , fifteen hundred and thirty - eight worms on about one - fourth of an acre , before the seed came up , and lost but a single melon plant . On one occasion , I captured , one ...
... hills four years ago , I caught , by hunting them daily , fifteen hundred and thirty - eight worms on about one - fourth of an acre , before the seed came up , and lost but a single melon plant . On one occasion , I captured , one ...
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Acid Phosphate acre ammonia applied asparagus barrel beetles Bone Bruchus bushels cabbage carbonic acid cauliflower cents Charleston Chemical Chuck-will's-widow cold frames commence compost contain cotton seed covered cow pea crate crop cucumber cultivation cut-worms destroyed dollars drill dung early eggs farmer feet fermentation fertility Florida four frost fruit gardener germination green ground grow growers grown growth guano heat heavy hundred inches injury insects kainit land larva larvæ leaves lime mature melon moist moisture mulch nitrogen Northern markets onions packed Paris green pea vines Peruvian guano phosphoric acid plant food plow Plusia potash potato pounds produce quantity rain roots rows salts sandy Savannah season shipment soil soluble South sowing sown species sprouts squash stable manure stems strawberry sufficient sulphate superphosphate supply surface therm thousand tion tomato transplanting truck-farmer varieties vegetable matter warm weather weeds wind N. W. winter worm