 ... quantity out of the trees, because, as they say, the wood is too strong, or that there is too much left. " To cut in winter to gain wood, and to cut wood out in the summer, because, forsooth, it is too strong, is, I think, acting contrary to nature,...  A Treatise of Fruit-trees - Page 93by Thomas Hitt - 1757 - 392 pagesFull view - About this book
 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1755 - 540 pages
...fummer, becaufe, forfooth, it is .* too ftrong, is, I think, afiing counter to nature, and fpend* ing fap unneceflarily ; for, as the ftrength of the wood, and * the growing of the branches too near Sach other, are entire .• ly owing to the winter-cutting ; if the branches were then ' placed horizontally... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1819 - 442 pages
...strong, is, I think, acting contrary to nature, and spending sap unnecessarily; for as the strength of the wood, and the growing of the branches too near...placed horizontally on the wall, there would be no occasion to cut out too much in the summer, and the sap which the roots collected from the earth, would... | |
 | Joseph Hayward - Fruit-culture - 1824 - 340 pages
...strong, is, I think, acting contrary to Nature, and spending sap unnecessarily ; for as the strength of the wood, and the growing of the branches too near...placed horizontally on the wall, there would be no occasion to cut out too much in the summer, and the sap which the roots collected from the earth would... | |
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