Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri, Volume 41The Society, 1898 |
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... ground . We now hope to create Potato varieties which will bear white ( not green ) potatoes upon the stem above the ground . How shall we accomplish this ? At first blush it might seem a very difficult thing to do . But an examination ...
... ground . We now hope to create Potato varieties which will bear white ( not green ) potatoes upon the stem above the ground . How shall we accomplish this ? At first blush it might seem a very difficult thing to do . But an examination ...
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... ground potatoes and in selecting those specimens that show evidence of lack of chlorophyl development . Such a potato would be of great economic worth in saving labor and giving access to the crop while growing . After this digression ...
... ground potatoes and in selecting those specimens that show evidence of lack of chlorophyl development . Such a potato would be of great economic worth in saving labor and giving access to the crop while growing . After this digression ...
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... ground for wheat culture is already reduced to a very small ele- ment and population and consequent consumption is increasing much more rapidly than wheat production . Fruits , vegetables and other grains than wheat can not be made to ...
... ground for wheat culture is already reduced to a very small ele- ment and population and consequent consumption is increasing much more rapidly than wheat production . Fruits , vegetables and other grains than wheat can not be made to ...
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... ground loose from the roots ; second , in case of a dry spring the plants are not apt to suffer as when planted shallow . Now cultivate and keep clean and the ground level . A crop of melons may be grown between and in the same row with ...
... ground loose from the roots ; second , in case of a dry spring the plants are not apt to suffer as when planted shallow . Now cultivate and keep clean and the ground level . A crop of melons may be grown between and in the same row with ...
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... ground and cow peas between the rows , worked well with me . I find subject to winter kill . Cuthbert A. Nelson ( Laclede Co . ) .- I have tried other varieties of red rasp- berries , planted six feet by four in matted rows . I plow the ...
... ground and cow peas between the rows , worked well with me . I find subject to winter kill . Cuthbert A. Nelson ( Laclede Co . ) .- I have tried other varieties of red rasp- berries , planted six feet by four in matted rows . I plow the ...
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Page 76 - For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 135 - No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him ; there is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil ! The busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands with arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do; clings And he who waits to have his task marked out Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled.
Page 210 - Your voiceless lips, O flowers ! are living preachers, Each cup a pulpit, every leaf a book, Supplying to my fancy numerous teachers From loneliest nook. Floral Apostles ! that in dewy splendor "Weep without woe, and blush without a crime...
Page 310 - THE USE OF FLOWERS. GOD might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak tree, and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all.
Page 212 - SPAKE full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, When he called the flowers, so blue and golden, Stars, that in earth's firmament do shine.
Page 212 - In all places, then, and in all seasons, Flowers expand their light and soul-like wings, Teaching us, by most persuasive reasons, How akin they are to human things. And with childlike, credulous affection We behold their tender buds expand ; Emblems of our own great resurrection, Emblems of the bright and better land.
Page 210 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 122 - That a copy of these resolutions be spread on the minutes of the class, and that they be published in The Tech.
Page 396 - If you have, put it where you cannot find it ; for we are going to water this garden with a rake ! We want you to learn, in this little garden, the first great lesson in farming, — how to save the water in the soil. If you learn that much this summer, you will know more than many old farmers do.
Page 311 - Not useless are ye, Flowers! though made for pleasure: Blooming o'er field and wave, by day and night, From every source your sanction bids me treasure Harmless delight.