Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Volume 25W. White, 1878 - Agriculture Vols. for 1889-1894, 1906-1912 issued with the Annual report of the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station; vols. for 1895-1905 issued with the Annual report of the Hatch Environment Station of the Massachnusetts Agricultural College. |
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... plants , conspicuous among which was an orange- tree , with an abundance of the golden fruit upon it . The attendance was unusually large , and embraced members of the Board and prominent agriculturists from all parts of the State . The ...
... plants , conspicuous among which was an orange- tree , with an abundance of the golden fruit upon it . The attendance was unusually large , and embraced members of the Board and prominent agriculturists from all parts of the State . The ...
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... plants started under glass for field planting are lettuce , early cabbage , egg- plants , tomatoes , celery , melons , summer squashes ; and some gardeners also start their beets and onions under glass , to be transplanted to the field ...
... plants started under glass for field planting are lettuce , early cabbage , egg- plants , tomatoes , celery , melons , summer squashes ; and some gardeners also start their beets and onions under glass , to be transplanted to the field ...
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... plants for planting out of doors ; the ease with which the plants are aired hardened off by remov- ing the glass just before setting the young plants out of doors , makes the hot - bed far preferable to the green - house for this kind ...
... plants for planting out of doors ; the ease with which the plants are aired hardened off by remov- ing the glass just before setting the young plants out of doors , makes the hot - bed far preferable to the green - house for this kind ...
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... plant - food . When the horse - manure is very coarse or strawy , it is used thus for hot - beds in its fresh state ; but ... plants are to be set . The preparation of the land for garden crops is a point that requires the application of ...
... plant - food . When the horse - manure is very coarse or strawy , it is used thus for hot - beds in its fresh state ; but ... plants are to be set . The preparation of the land for garden crops is a point that requires the application of ...
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... plants . The gentleman who favored us with the very valuable and instructive paper on market - gardening , in mentioning the implements used , spoke of the roller . I have no doubt he finds it a great advantage ; and I judge , from what ...
... plants . The gentleman who favored us with the very valuable and instructive paper on market - gardening , in mentioning the implements used , spoke of the roller . I have no doubt he finds it a great advantage ; and I judge , from what ...
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