Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri, Volume 43The Society, 1901 |
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... taken thereon . Art . XI . The meetings of this Society shall be governed by the parliamentary rules usual for deliberative bodies . 1 LIST OF COUNTY SOCIETIES . SUMMER MEETING AT CHILLICOTHE , 10 State Horticultural Society .
... taken thereon . Art . XI . The meetings of this Society shall be governed by the parliamentary rules usual for deliberative bodies . 1 LIST OF COUNTY SOCIETIES . SUMMER MEETING AT CHILLICOTHE , 10 State Horticultural Society .
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... taken to leave no spaces about the roots where the air could enter . The dirt was packed firm and the tree set as nearly per pendicular as possible . The heaviest portion of the top was placed toward the southwest . Culture . Having ...
... taken to leave no spaces about the roots where the air could enter . The dirt was packed firm and the tree set as nearly per pendicular as possible . The heaviest portion of the top was placed toward the southwest . Culture . Having ...
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... taken advan- tage of by the gardener . Not only do plants of the same variety , differ in size and vigor but also in earliness , productiveness and other qualities . Early or late corn may be quickly obtained by selecting seed from the ...
... taken advan- tage of by the gardener . Not only do plants of the same variety , differ in size and vigor but also in earliness , productiveness and other qualities . Early or late corn may be quickly obtained by selecting seed from the ...
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... taken from the best and the poorest producers . This was kept up for three generations . At the end of that time the plants had become so different in point of the number of flowers that for every three pro- duced on the poorer plants ...
... taken from the best and the poorest producers . This was kept up for three generations . At the end of that time the plants had become so different in point of the number of flowers that for every three pro- duced on the poorer plants ...
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... taken from a Ben Davis tree that produced uniformly redder and more symmetrical apples than usual and here the Gano had its origin . The best growers are now beginning this practice . It is nothing more than the florists have done for ...
... taken from a Ben Davis tree that produced uniformly redder and more symmetrical apples than usual and here the Gano had its origin . The best growers are now beginning this practice . It is nothing more than the florists have done for ...
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