A comparatively strong-growing, but not tall variety. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
A strong-growing, hardy sort, from two to three feet high. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
There was one strong-growing black × Persian hybrid that I am sure of. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
This is propagated by layers, or by grafting on some strong-growing kind. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
A rather light, rich loam is most suitable for strong-growing plants; peat for slow-growing, hard-wooded ones, like. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
This strong-growing creeping perennial plant is not particular as to soil so long as it can enjoy plenty of sunshine. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
A tall, strong-growing, erect sort; leaf-stems deeply furrowed, sometimes a little hollow; leaves large, deep-green, with coarse, obtuse serratures. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
They often place the rows of strong-growing varieties four feet or more apart, and allow a space of three and a half feet for the more moderate growers. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
By the process of uniting strong-growing trees to those of a weaker nature their exuberance is checked, and weaker ones are improved by being worked on those of. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
The whole genus enjoys loam, but these strong-growing hybrids have a mass of long hungry roots, and, as already hinted, if they are well fed with manure they pay back with interest. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The Concord, Herbemont, Norton's Virginia, and other strong-growing varieties, I treat in the following manner: When the young shoot has reached the second wire I pinch off its leader. From Wordnik.com. [The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines] Reference
This is the case even with dwarf-growing kinds, but with strong-growing varieties, such as the Lady's Finger, the growth is so excessive that the wonder is, how the soil can support it. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits of Queensland] Reference
The pots should be well drained-about one-fifth of their depth filled with drainage when intended for large, strong-growing kinds, and one-third for the smaller ones, such as Mamillarias. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
The bulbs may be divided every three years with advantage, and may be usefully planted in lines in front of shrubs, or mixed with other strong-growing flowers, such as alkanets, lupins, and foxgloves. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The above is a combination of the single cane and bow system, and the horizontal arm training, which I first tried on the Concord from sheer necessity; when the results pleased me so much that I have adopted it with all strong-growing varieties. From Wordnik.com. [The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines] Reference
As regards very strong-growing plants which will need keeping within bounds, the operation of cutting them back requires the very greatest care, and our readers should get a practical gardener, if possible, to point out those which need trimming, and those to be left alone. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
I advise that this strong-growing sort be planted in rows five feet apart. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Acre] Reference
We treat them as children who, with strong-growing limbs, are allowed to use their legs. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty Years at Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes] Reference
Long sleek bristles on the underside are considered a patch of strong-growing hair, not a fault. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Comfrey is a member of the borage family a strong-growing perennial with somewhat hairy leaves 12 t. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles] Reference
The strong-growing pines and Norway spruce are better adapted to large estates than to the area of an acre. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Acre] Reference
Land can scarcely be made too rich for any variety of strawberries, but certain strong-growing raspberries, like the. From Wordnik.com. [Success with Small Fruits] Reference
"Moreover, I learned from my reading that many of the strong-growing plants become in maturity the most productive of flowers or fruit.". From Wordnik.com. [Nature's Serial Story] Reference
Common spotted persicaria is rising thickly, but even this strong-growing plant is backward and checked on the verge of the shrunken stream. From Wordnik.com. [The Toilers of the Field] Reference
It is, however, not a strong-growing tree and is somewhat uncertain in maturing its fruit, which is a bright, clear red of distinctive flavor. From Wordnik.com. [Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use] Reference
Now his agile fingers nipped some tiny, scarce perceivable flower to delight her eye, and now his great hand scooped up whole sheaves of strong-growing columbine, and flung them where her feet must tread. From Wordnik.com. [It, and Other Stories] Reference
Excellent mass effects may be secured by cutting well-established plants of sumac, ailanthus, basswood, and other strong-growing things, to the ground each year, for the purpose of securing the stout shoots. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
He was of a type sufficiently common among southern Irishmen, with thick, strong-growing, black hair, a large, black moustache, and heavy brows, over-shadowing eyes of precisely the same shade of blunted blue as his shaven chin. From Wordnik.com. [Mount Music] Reference
If the question were asked, "Is there anything that comes from the garden better liked than a dish of strawberries?" in nine instances out of ten the answer would be, "Nothing," even though sour Wilsons were grown; and yet, too often the bed is in a neglected corner and half shaded by trees, while strong-growing vegetables occupy the moist, open spaces. From Wordnik.com. [Success with Small Fruits] Reference
It’s high taxes/weak-stagnant economy vs. low taxes/strong-growing economy. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The California versus Texas Model, and Public Choice] Reference
This I believe to be a more important condition than a boggy situation, inasmuch as I have grown my specimen for three years on the top of a dry mound; but the soil is good rich loam, and fully 5ft. deep; and to show that this strong-growing subject needs a good depth of soil, I may mention that I had occasion to dig up a piece, when it was found, for the operation, to require both the strength and tools that trees demand, the fibrous parts being deep and tough. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
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