Gardening for Profit: A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of the Market and Family Garden : Entirely New and Greatly EnlargedO. Judd Company, 1909 - 376 páginas |
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... Cold Frames ... 44 CHAPTER VIII . Formation and Management of Hot - Beds ... 56 CHAPTER IX . Forcing - Pits for Greenhouses 63 CHAPTER X. Wide Greenhouses for Forcing Vegetable Crops Seeds and Seed Raising . CHAPTER XI . 73 89 CHAPTER ...
... Cold Frames ... 44 CHAPTER VIII . Formation and Management of Hot - Beds ... 56 CHAPTER IX . Forcing - Pits for Greenhouses 63 CHAPTER X. Wide Greenhouses for Forcing Vegetable Crops Seeds and Seed Raising . CHAPTER XI . 73 89 CHAPTER ...
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... such as Celery , etc. , this stiff , cold soil is just what is wanted ; earliness with these is not the object , and its " coldness " is congenial to the roots of the late crop . But if selection can 26 GARDENING FOR PROFIT .
... such as Celery , etc. , this stiff , cold soil is just what is wanted ; earliness with these is not the object , and its " coldness " is congenial to the roots of the late crop . But if selection can 26 GARDENING FOR PROFIT .
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... COLD FRAMES . We use cold frames for preserving Cauliflower , Cab- bage and Lettuce plants during the winter , and the for- warding of Lettuce and Cucumbers in spring and summer . To make the matter as clear as possible , we will sup ...
... COLD FRAMES . We use cold frames for preserving Cauliflower , Cab- bage and Lettuce plants during the winter , and the for- warding of Lettuce and Cucumbers in spring and summer . To make the matter as clear as possible , we will sup ...
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... cold frames , unless , indeed , it is sown very late ; for example , when we sow the Wakefield here on the 15th of ... cold spell comes for a day or two , which sometimes happens ; but if USE AND MANAGEMENT OF COLD FRAMES . 45.
... cold frames , unless , indeed , it is sown very late ; for example , when we sow the Wakefield here on the 15th of ... cold spell comes for a day or two , which sometimes happens ; but if USE AND MANAGEMENT OF COLD FRAMES . 45.
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... cold weather . In cold weather , even on clear winter days , when the thermometer marks fifteen or twenty degrees in the shade , they must be abundantly aired , either by tilting up the sash at the back , or , better still , when the ...
... cold weather . In cold weather , even on clear winter days , when the thermometer marks fifteen or twenty degrees in the shade , they must be abundantly aired , either by tilting up the sash at the back , or , better still , when the ...
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