Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri, Volume 41The Society, 1898 |
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Page 37
... picking . A. Nelson . - One of the cow peas family that has humbugged the peo- ple is German coffee berry . Cow peas are from one to two feet high with fifteen to one hundred and twenty - five peas on a stalk . The Soya bean is to be ...
... picking . A. Nelson . - One of the cow peas family that has humbugged the peo- ple is German coffee berry . Cow peas are from one to two feet high with fifteen to one hundred and twenty - five peas on a stalk . The Soya bean is to be ...
Page 38
... Pick the patch in the morning for near points and in the afternoon the less ripe fruit for long shipments . There are more failures from the poor condition of picking than in growing . Now about the price of evaporated berries . In ...
... Pick the patch in the morning for near points and in the afternoon the less ripe fruit for long shipments . There are more failures from the poor condition of picking than in growing . Now about the price of evaporated berries . In ...
Page 41
... pick . Cut the stalks about two feet . Dutcher . - When is best time to pinch ? Evans . When the bushes are high ... picking , and then cut off the branch below the foliage so that the fruit shall not be covered . Nature gets rid of ...
... pick . Cut the stalks about two feet . Dutcher . - When is best time to pinch ? Evans . When the bushes are high ... picking , and then cut off the branch below the foliage so that the fruit shall not be covered . Nature gets rid of ...
Page 42
... picking . If the terminal is taken out you have varied heights , the other way the bushes are uniform and the fruit ... pick it for six weeks ; the last as good as the first , unless it has been too dry . We planted Early Harvest to mark ...
... picking . If the terminal is taken out you have varied heights , the other way the bushes are uniform and the fruit ... pick it for six weeks ; the last as good as the first , unless it has been too dry . We planted Early Harvest to mark ...
Page 43
... eleven to twelve cents per Pick when the berries are ripe Machines gather much quicker - pay a and you get twice as many a day . half cent a box for picking . pound . Murray . In north Missouri we got 75 cents a SUMMER MEETING 43.
... eleven to twelve cents per Pick when the berries are ripe Machines gather much quicker - pay a and you get twice as many a day . half cent a box for picking . pound . Murray . In north Missouri we got 75 cents a SUMMER MEETING 43.
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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.
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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.