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... grow and produce heads ; the rest are removed by pressure with the thumb , or by a knife . These shoots or suckers are used for the new plantations . Dig the whole ground level , and close up to the crown of the root of each plant ...
... grow and produce heads ; the rest are removed by pressure with the thumb , or by a knife . These shoots or suckers are used for the new plantations . Dig the whole ground level , and close up to the crown of the root of each plant ...
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... growing on the same stalk , should be removed in their young state ; and when the entire crop on a stem is taken ... grows to a very large size . Asparagus is said to promote appetite , but is not considered to afford much nourishment ...
... growing on the same stalk , should be removed in their young state ; and when the entire crop on a stem is taken ... grows to a very large size . Asparagus is said to promote appetite , but is not considered to afford much nourishment ...
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... grow in a poor , sandy soil , it is found that the sweetness and tenderness of the shoots depend very much on the rapidity of the growth , which can only be promoted by the richness of the soil . The ground being well trenched , manured ...
... grow in a poor , sandy soil , it is found that the sweetness and tenderness of the shoots depend very much on the rapidity of the growth , which can only be promoted by the richness of the soil . The ground being well trenched , manured ...
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... grown them remarkably fine , in such situations , without any de- triment to the beds . Asparagus beds should be enriched with an ad- dition of good rotten dung , once every two or three years at farthest ; the benefit of which will be ...
... grown them remarkably fine , in such situations , without any de- triment to the beds . Asparagus beds should be enriched with an ad- dition of good rotten dung , once every two or three years at farthest ; the benefit of which will be ...
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... Mangel Worzel Beet is principally grown as a valuable agricultural plant , for feeding cattle , and making sugar . The roots grow to a large size , but are greatly inferior , for culinary purposes 28 THE VEGETABLE CULTIVATOR .
... Mangel Worzel Beet is principally grown as a valuable agricultural plant , for feeding cattle , and making sugar . The roots grow to a large size , but are greatly inferior , for culinary purposes 28 THE VEGETABLE CULTIVATOR .
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