Excerpt from Gleanings on Horticulture My borders are composed of old mortar, smashed and whole bones, charcoal, bricks broken about the size of a walnut, chopped turf, rotten dung, and leaf mould, in equal portions. N 0 flowers or vegetables should be grown on the borders; and during the heat of summer, they should be forked over, and liquid manure copiously applied every fortnight, as beneficial to the roots, causing pipers (or small fibres), which produce the fruit; and preventing the berries from shanking. About ...
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Excerpt from Gleanings on Horticulture My borders are composed of old mortar, smashed and whole bones, charcoal, bricks broken about the size of a walnut, chopped turf, rotten dung, and leaf mould, in equal portions. N 0 flowers or vegetables should be grown on the borders; and during the heat of summer, they should be forked over, and liquid manure copiously applied every fortnight, as beneficial to the roots, causing pipers (or small fibres), which produce the fruit; and preventing the berries from shanking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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