The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: Annual Report, Том 3The Board, 1868 |
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Страница 406 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah : Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter : Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.
Страница 221 - ... that the vine can be cultivated with entire success in favorable localities in all parts of the State. It should be borne in mind that these results have been derived mostly from vineyards in the valleys of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, which are not, by far, the most favorable localities in the State; for the "mildew
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Страница 221 - attacks the berries when the soil is in a wet condition, in July and August. It is most severe on the low and wet parts of the vineyard.
Страница 226 - Missouri present rare inducements to the vinedresser — such a combination of favorable circumstances as will not fail to attract the attention of those who would engage in this most pleasant and profitable department of husbandry. And so important will be the results, that every effort should be put forth to hasten the time when these 5,000,000* acres...
Страница 224 - The superior native grapes growing upon this soil, and the success of the vineyards above>-named, prove its adaptation to the vine. Its greatest defect is a capacity to hold and retain an excess of water ; which must be remedied by trenching and a proper admixture of vegetable matter, sand, pebbles, and broken limestone. This labor, however, may be avoided by selecting some of the millions of acres in Southern and Central Missouri, the soils of which are already prepared, as if by design, to invite...
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