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The caper , though a more tender plant , is more certain in its produce , because a mound of earth of the size of a cucumber hill , thrown over the plant in the fall , protects it effectually against the cold of winter .
The caper , though a more tender plant , is more certain in its produce , because a mound of earth of the size of a cucumber hill , thrown over the plant in the fall , protects it effectually against the cold of winter .
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mals the carbon which the plants absorb . These activities are incessant . ... The plant is all suction - pipe , -inbibing from the ground by its root , from the air by its leaves , with all its might . The air works for him .
mals the carbon which the plants absorb . These activities are incessant . ... The plant is all suction - pipe , -inbibing from the ground by its root , from the air by its leaves , with all its might . The air works for him .
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As a rule this exposed material is the " raw " subsoil , which must be loosened , aerated , and supplied with the needed humus to put it into the condition best suited to plant growth . This rebuilding of the surface soil requires time ...
As a rule this exposed material is the " raw " subsoil , which must be loosened , aerated , and supplied with the needed humus to put it into the condition best suited to plant growth . This rebuilding of the surface soil requires time ...
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Contents
Christopher Columbus Turns in a Crop | 3 |
Much More Corne was Planted | 9 |
PERLEY POORE How the Pig Helped to Make Massa | 16 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Harvest: An Anthology of Farm Writing |
| Editor | Wheeler McMillen |
| Publisher | Appleton-Century, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 424 pages |
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