 | 1838 - 524 pages
...around the plants are opened, and the roots examined. The last year s shoots are cut off within an inch of the main stem, and all the suckers quite close to it. The suckers form an agreeable vegetable for the table, dressed like asparagus. The earth is pressed round... | |
 | 1839 - 524 pages
...around the plants are opened, and the roots examined. The last year's shoots are cut off within an inch of the main stem, and all the suckers quite close to it. The suckers form an agreeable vegetable for the table, dressed like asparagus. The earth is pressed round... | |
 | Great Britain. Poor Law Commissioners - 1843 - 452 pages
...which it is intended now to prune ; beicg provided, therefore, with a good pruning-knife, a rag-stone, and a whet-stone (the former being the sort with which...affecting them just before the plant begins to spindle. Malcolm's Agriculture of Surrey. •' Poling the Hops. About the month of April, and before the plant... | |
 | Daniel Pereira Gardner - 1846 - 898 pages
...around the plants are opened, and the roots examined. The last year's shoots are cut off within an inch of the main stem, and all the suckers quite close to it. The suckers form an agreeable vegetable for the table, dressed like asparagus. The earth is pressed round... | |
 | William Lewis Rham - 1855 - 522 pages
...around the plants are opened, and the roots examined. The last year's shoots are cut off within an inch of the main stem, and all the suckers quite close to it. The suckers form an agreeable vegetable for the table, dressed like asparagus. The earth is pressed round... | |
 | United States. Patent Office - 1855 - 832 pages
...plants should be opened, and the roots examined. The last year's shoots are then cut off within an inch of the main stem, and all the suckers quite close to it. The latter form an agreeable vegetable for the table, when dressed like asparagus. The earth is next pressed... | |
 | Elliot G. Storke - 1859 - 832 pages
...around the plants are opened and the roots examined. The last year's shoots are cut off within an inch of the main stem and all the suckers quite close to it. The suckers form an agreeable vegetable for the table, dressed like asparagus. The earth is pressed round... | |
 | 1860 - 478 pages
...around the plants are opened and the roots examined. The last year's shoots are cut off within an inch of the main stem, and all the suckers quite close to it. A pole about twelve feet long is then firmly stuck into the ground near the plants ; to this the bines... | |
 | Francis Peyre Porcher - 1863 - 644 pages
...plants should be opened, and the roots examined. The last year's shoots are then cut oft* within an inch of the main stem, and all the suckers quite close to it. The latter forma an agreeable vegetable for the table when dressed like asparagus. The earth is next pressed... | |
 | Francis Peyre Porcher - 1869 - 804 pages
...plants should be opened, and the roots examined. The last year's shoots are then cut off within an inch of the main stem. and all the suckers quite close to it. The latter forms an agreeable vegetable for the table when dressed like asparagus. The earth is next pressed... | |
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The earth is pressed round the roots, and the cut parts covered so as to exclude the air. A pole about twelve feet long is then firmly stuck into the ground near the plants ; to this the bines are led and tied as they shoot... 
