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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... flavor , of the forced Cucumber , finds customers in all large cities who are willing to pay for the finer quality . FORCING STRAWBERRIES . The wide greenhouses , already described as being suit- able for forcing Lettuce and Radishes or ...
... flavor , of the forced Cucumber , finds customers in all large cities who are willing to pay for the finer quality . FORCING STRAWBERRIES . The wide greenhouses , already described as being suit- able for forcing Lettuce and Radishes or ...
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... flavor it is un- surpassed by any known variety , besides having a rich and powerful aroma ; these peculiarities make it specially attractive - a necessity for forced strawberries when re- tailed at about fifty cents a berry , for in ...
... flavor it is un- surpassed by any known variety , besides having a rich and powerful aroma ; these peculiarities make it specially attractive - a necessity for forced strawberries when re- tailed at about fifty cents a berry , for in ...
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... flavor- hence its name . It is a species of Helianthus , or Sun- flower , and the plant has the general appearance of a small Sunflower . The edible part of the plant is its tubers . These are like the potato in appearance , but when ...
... flavor- hence its name . It is a species of Helianthus , or Sun- flower , and the plant has the general appearance of a small Sunflower . The edible part of the plant is its tubers . These are like the potato in appearance , but when ...
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... flavor of cloves . It is used for flavoring soups , stews and sauces , and is by some used in salads . Its culture is the same as that of other sweet herbs . The seed should be sown in the open ground and not in frames , which is the ...
... flavor of cloves . It is used for flavoring soups , stews and sauces , and is by some used in salads . Its culture is the same as that of other sweet herbs . The seed should be sown in the open ground and not in frames , which is the ...
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... flavor . The pods are round , somewhat curved , and the seeds , when ripe , salmon speckled with purplish rose . This variety is usually ready to pick in six weeks from the time of sowing . Early Mohawk . — A very productive early ...
... flavor . The pods are round , somewhat curved , and the seeds , when ripe , salmon speckled with purplish rose . This variety is usually ready to pick in six weeks from the time of sowing . Early Mohawk . — A very productive early ...
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