Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri, Volume 43The Society, 1901 |
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... field . I keep from two to four dogs , and rabbits have done very little damage . Nothing at all has been done for the woolly aphis , except to kill those in sight . Very soon they disappeared , although the orchard was badly infested ...
... field . I keep from two to four dogs , and rabbits have done very little damage . Nothing at all has been done for the woolly aphis , except to kill those in sight . Very soon they disappeared , although the orchard was badly infested ...
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... field , when he well knows a competition will thus be set up . But horticulture has its rewards . It is a noble calling . It suggests Paradise with its beautiful gardens . It suggests the New Jerusalem with its twelve manner of fruits ...
... field , when he well knows a competition will thus be set up . But horticulture has its rewards . It is a noble calling . It suggests Paradise with its beautiful gardens . It suggests the New Jerusalem with its twelve manner of fruits ...
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... field , regardless of the kind of plant it came from or the character of the other fruits on the same plant . It is reasonable to suppose that the plant that produces only one good tomato may make that a very good one , having little ...
... field , regardless of the kind of plant it came from or the character of the other fruits on the same plant . It is reasonable to suppose that the plant that produces only one good tomato may make that a very good one , having little ...
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... field for investigation . Plant Breeding . - While it has been known for years that there was a sex in plants the practice of pollinating a chosen plant with pollen from another chosen plant is even yet in its infancy . These parent ...
... field for investigation . Plant Breeding . - While it has been known for years that there was a sex in plants the practice of pollinating a chosen plant with pollen from another chosen plant is even yet in its infancy . These parent ...
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... field . After this harrow level the ridges as much as possible . Treat all unworked rows like first and harrow to finish . All high weeds in row can or should be pulled as soon as possi- ble . This is almost equal to a light hoeing . I ...
... field . After this harrow level the ridges as much as possible . Treat all unworked rows like first and harrow to finish . All high weeds in row can or should be pulled as soon as possi- ble . This is almost equal to a light hoeing . I ...
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Page 87 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen.
Page 134 - Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 125 - Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well : and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 87 - Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold; For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking: 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking.
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Page 125 - Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
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