The parks and gardens of Paris, considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of the public and private gardens; being notes on a study of Paris gardens (1878)
Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935 · London, Macmillan · leaf 414
s over a space of one hundredand thirty acres, the production being somewhere about fourhundred thousand Figs per annum. The variety grown in thislocality is the Blanquette or White Courcourelle, and the methodof growing it is as follows : — Layers, raised in baskets or in the ordinary way, are… … Ftg-tree groioiug on h-jel ground, with the branches grouped in four sets. layer arc buried from ten inches to one foot deep, and that thestem which springs out of the earth in an oblique direction shouldbe covered with from three to four inches of earth. To form thestool more quickly, two layers…
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