Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri, Volume 43The Society, 1901 |
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... selection and good care . If one wishes to improve a variety it is well to get in mind a few fundamental principles ... selecting seed from the earliest or the latest plants . The yield of a variety of corn has in many cases been greatly ...
... selection and good care . If one wishes to improve a variety it is well to get in mind a few fundamental principles ... selecting seed from the earliest or the latest plants . The yield of a variety of corn has in many cases been greatly ...
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... selection and given a new name . The seeds from a single capsule of the sweet English violet were planted in the ... selecting either seeds or cuttings for the propagation of a plant it is essential to take into consideration the whole ...
... selection and given a new name . The seeds from a single capsule of the sweet English violet were planted in the ... selecting either seeds or cuttings for the propagation of a plant it is essential to take into consideration the whole ...
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... selecting for a given purpose this should be borne in mind . In forcing radishes and beets in the hot- bed in winter one of the drawbacks is to get a strain that will endure these conditions of artificial heat and a very fertile soil ...
... selecting for a given purpose this should be borne in mind . In forcing radishes and beets in the hot- bed in winter one of the drawbacks is to get a strain that will endure these conditions of artificial heat and a very fertile soil ...
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... selection of parents is the secret of successful plant breeding . Variation in plants is infinite , no two being exactly alike and this fact gives us an opportunity to select with certain objects in view , encouraging selected ...
... selection of parents is the secret of successful plant breeding . Variation in plants is infinite , no two being exactly alike and this fact gives us an opportunity to select with certain objects in view , encouraging selected ...
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... selecting seed from plants showing best fruits . Here only one parent is known . This was the first method practiced ... selected pollen later . The first of these methods is the easiest but the least satisfactory , as it gives only one ...
... selecting seed from plants showing best fruits . Here only one parent is known . This was the first method practiced ... selected pollen later . The first of these methods is the easiest but the least satisfactory , as it gives only one ...
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