Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri, Volume 43The Society, 1901 |
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... seem to be about equally effective . Neither killed all the canker worms , but I can easily tell where I sprayed , even under adverse cir- cumstances . I shall prepare to spray more extremely next year . By far the greatest pest in my ...
... seem to be about equally effective . Neither killed all the canker worms , but I can easily tell where I sprayed , even under adverse cir- cumstances . I shall prepare to spray more extremely next year . By far the greatest pest in my ...
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... seem large , but this is just what has been often done in my orchard at different times and by different men . About ... seems to be the hardiest , and the Elberta the tenderest . Peaches have their enemies , the chief of which in this ...
... seem large , but this is just what has been often done in my orchard at different times and by different men . About ... seems to be the hardiest , and the Elberta the tenderest . Peaches have their enemies , the chief of which in this ...
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... seem to do as well as on fresh land that produces the first crop . However , this does not always hold good , for in 1897 we picked 250 bushels per acre and it was the fourth crop taken from that piece , being the second crop of the ...
... seem to do as well as on fresh land that produces the first crop . However , this does not always hold good , for in 1897 we picked 250 bushels per acre and it was the fourth crop taken from that piece , being the second crop of the ...
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... seems to be a general favorite judging from the sale of plants , but we do not grow it very extensively for fruit as it is so soft and soon loses its color after picking . Excelsior ripened its first May 14 , this year — ' tis the ...
... seems to be a general favorite judging from the sale of plants , but we do not grow it very extensively for fruit as it is so soft and soon loses its color after picking . Excelsior ripened its first May 14 , this year — ' tis the ...
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... seems to be quite as effective as when liquids are used . Our best varieties are Moore's Early and Diamond , Concord , Goethe and Ozark . Matchless , another of the Burr & Stayman grapes , seems to possess much merit . We have one and a ...
... seems to be quite as effective as when liquids are used . Our best varieties are Moore's Early and Diamond , Concord , Goethe and Ozark . Matchless , another of the Burr & Stayman grapes , seems to possess much merit . We have one and a ...
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