A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine on Open WallsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841 - 210 pagine |
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A practical treatise on the cultivation of the Grape Vine on open Walls Clement Hoare Visualizzazione completa - 1841 |
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advantage annually aspect autumnal pruning bearing bearing-shoots bearing-wood berries betwixt bone branches bunches of fruit bunches of grapes Calendarial Register close covered cultivated decayed degree directions effects extremities feet flavour foliage FRONTIGNAN fruit-buds fruiting shoots future bearers GRAPE VINE greater ground growing grown growth inches increase injurious latter layer leaves liquid manure lowermost buds manner maturation method of pruning mould MUSCADINE nailed necessary nourishment number of buds open walls operation pinch point of culture portion possible pound weight produce projecting coping proper juice Pulp purpose push quantity of fruit quantity of grapes require ripe ripen roots of vines season serpentine shreds situation soil solar heat solar rays soon spurs stem sufficient sun and air sun's rays supply surface tendrils thereby thin throughout the summer tion trained transplanted vegetation vigorous vine border vines on open weather weight of fruit wind wood young shoots young vines
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Pagina 3 - And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his figtree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
Pagina 19 - Introduction ; Observations on the present Method of Cultivating Grape Vines on open Walls ; on the capability and extent of the Fruit-bearing Powers of the Vine; on Aspect: on Soil ; on Manure ; on the Construction of Walls ; on the Propagation of Vines ; on the Pruning of Vines; on the Training of Vines; on the Management of a Vine during the first five years of its growth; Weekly Calendarial Register; General Autumnal...
Pagina 119 - ... manure must be laid over the ground, as far as the roots extend ; and if the weather be very severe, it will be better also to cover over the stem to the depth of five or six inches above the top of it. The young plant being thus well protected from the severity of the winter, may remain in this state till the first of March. SECOND YEAR. March 1st. Remove the covering, and fork up the surface of the ground, to the depth of two or three inches, that the sun and air may freely penetrate it. April...
Pagina 7 - Chemical examination has proved, that the young shoots, the tendrils, and the leaves of the vine, possess properties, and contain substances exactly similar to the crude fruit. It was no unnatural conclusion, that they might equally be used for the purposes of making wine. Experiments were accordingly instituted in France with this view, and they have been repeated here with success.
Pagina 90 - ... the parts below them, and in this manner the motion continues until it reaches the roots, the grand reservoir of the sap ; by which time the solar heat having penetrated the soil, the roots begin to feel its enlivening influence. The whole body of sap then begins to move upwards, and as...
Pagina 31 - No vine is taken cognisance of, until its stem measures three inches in girt, as, under that size, vines ought never to be suffered to ripen any fruit. This is a rule that should be strictly adhered to in the management of young vines, for it may be safely asserted, that for every pound weight of grapes extracted from a vine before it has grown to that size, ten pounds will be lost during the next five years, independently of the very severe check which is given to its growth by premature bearing....
Pagina 76 - Hoare regulates by the height of the wall and its aspect. " If the height be less than four feet, and the aspect south, the coping ought not to project at all, as the light and solar heat excluded by it will be a serious drawback on the healthy vegetation of the vines. But if the wall be four feet high, then the coping may project as many inches ; and if this width be increased an inch for every foot that the wall increases in height up to twelve feet, the principal advantages arising from the protection...
Pagina 102 - Prune so as to leave as few wounds as possible, and let the surface of every cut be perfectly smooth.
Pagina 70 - There is a disadvantage, however, in training grapes near the ground, as it respects their remaining on the vine after being ripe. If grapes can be kept perfectly dry, they will hang on the vine and improve in flavour for a long time after they are ripe; but if dampness or moisture of any description reach them, the consequences are quickly seen in the decay of the berries. After the middle of October, therefore, it will be found a difficult matter...
Pagina 90 - ... fluid from the parts below them, and in this manner the motion continues until it reaches the roots, the grand reservoir of the sap, by which time the solar heat having penetrated the soil, the roots begin to feel its enlivened influence.