A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine |
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... temperature required , and the extent of pipe necessary to that end , the contractor to be bound to keep the whole in working order for one year after erection ; and if at this date the boiler is sound , and the joints and valves all ...
... temperature required , and the extent of pipe necessary to that end , the contractor to be bound to keep the whole in working order for one year after erection ; and if at this date the boiler is sound , and the joints and valves all ...
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... temperature of the border to 60 ° ; and when this is indicated by the underground thermometer , the heat may be shut off , and will only have to be applied for a similar period when the vines are setting . 6 While the sixth edition of ...
... temperature of the border to 60 ° ; and when this is indicated by the underground thermometer , the heat may be shut off , and will only have to be applied for a similar period when the vines are setting . 6 While the sixth edition of ...
Page 9
... temperature than they ought otherwise to have been . The bottom - heat soon rose to 95 ° , and for a few days it was 100 ° . Those that had bottom - heat broke quicker by fourteen days , showing far more fruit than those that had it not ...
... temperature than they ought otherwise to have been . The bottom - heat soon rose to 95 ° , and for a few days it was 100 ° . Those that had bottom - heat broke quicker by fourteen days , showing far more fruit than those that had it not ...
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... temperature than that escaping from the outlets in the back wall , but sufficiently warm to be of great benefit to the roots of the vines . This arrangement has the additional advantage of keeping the air in the house in constant motion ...
... temperature than that escaping from the outlets in the back wall , but sufficiently warm to be of great benefit to the roots of the vines . This arrangement has the additional advantage of keeping the air in the house in constant motion ...
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... temperature of the vinery beyond a safe point , while at the same time the wind may be pierc- ingly cold . In such circumstances there is no alterna- tive but to open the top ventilators , when the hot air will rush out ; but at the ...
... temperature of the vinery beyond a safe point , while at the same time the wind may be pierc- ingly cold . In such circumstances there is no alterna- tive but to open the top ventilators , when the hot air will rush out ; but at the ...
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