The Apple Culturist: A Complete Treatise for the Practical Pomologist. Illustrated with Engravings of Fruit ... in Connection with Orchards and the Management of ApplesHarper & brothers, 1871 - 334 σελίδες |
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The Apple Culturist: A Complete Treatise for the Practical Pomologist ... Sereno Edwards Todd Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2018 |
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Σελίδα 241 - ... cuts the crescent in front of the hole so as to undermine the egg and leave it in a sort of flap; her object apparently being to deaden this flap so as to prevent the growing fruit from crushing the egg, though Dr. Hull informs me that he has repeatedly removed the insect as soon as the egg was deposited and before the flap was made, and the egg hatched and the young penetrated the fruit in every instance.
Σελίδα 156 - There making a turn as if going round the skull, it followed the direction of the back bone to the hips. Here it divided into two branches, sending one along each leg to the heel, where they both turned upward to the toes. One of these roots formed a slight crook at the knee which makes the whole bear a very close resemblance to a human form.
Σελίδα 240 - Having taken a strong hold on the fruit the female makes a minute cut with the jaws, which are at the end of her snout, just through the skin of the fruit, and then runs the snout under the skin to the depth of one-sixteenth of an inch, and moves it back and forth until the cavity is large enough to receive the egg it is to retain. She next changes her position, and drops an egg into the mouth of the cut...
Σελίδα 124 - There are advantages and disadvantages attending all seasons of pruning, but our own experience has led us to believe that, practically, a fortnight before midsummer is by far the best season, on the whole, for pruning in the northern and middle States. Wounds made at this season heal over freely and rapidly...
Σελίδα 200 - ... him, and congratulates him on the removal of every chip which his bill sends through the air. While he rests, he appears to be speaking to her on the most tender subjects, and when fatigued, is at once assisted by her. In this manner, by the alternate exertions of each, the hole is dug and finished. They caress each other on the branches — climb about and around the tree with apparent delight — rattle with their bill against the tops of the dead branches — chase all their cousins the Red-heads...