| Andrew Jackson Downing - Fruit - 1845 - 634 pages
...plant, or served with sugar and cream, are certainly Arcadian dainties with a true paradisiacal flavour, and fortunately, they are so easily grown that the...of a few feet of ground may have them in abundance. To the confectioner this fruit is also invaluable, communicating its flavour to ices, and forming several... | |
| Agriculture - 1846 - 418 pages
...strawberries, eaten from the plant, or served with sugar and cream, are certainly Arcadian dainties wilh a true paradisical flavor, and fortunately they are...and thorough cultivation; and neglecting to procure line and productive varieties. As many bushels of strawberries as of corn, may be raised on an acre,... | |
| Agriculture - 1846 - 418 pages
...when he says, " Ripe, blushing strawberries, eaten from the plant, or served with sugar and cream, re certainly Arcadian dainties with a true paradisical...flavor, and fortunately they are so easily grown, that he poorest owner of a few feet of ground may have them in abundance." Very few, comparatively, among... | |
| Richard Gay Pardee - Berries - 1864 - 178 pages
...the plant, or served with sugar and cream, are certainly Arcadian dainties with a true paradisiacal flavor, and, fortunately, they are so easily grown...a few feet of ground may have them in abundance." In the language of Mr. P. Barry — "To grow large, handsome, fine-flavored fruit in abundance, it... | |
| Thomas Gregg - Fruit - 1857 - 178 pages
...the plant, or served .with sugar and cream, are certainly Arcadian dainties with a true paradisaical flavor, and, fortunately, they are so easily grown...a few feet of ground may have them in abundance." And Mr. BAERY says: "Anyone who can manage a crop of corn or potatoes, can, if he will, grow strawberries."... | |
| American Horticultural Society - Fruit-culture - 1883 - 326 pages
...the vine or served with sugar and cream, are certainly Arcadian dainties, with a true paradisaical flavor, and fortunately they are so easily grown that...a few feet of ground may have them in abundance." RG Pardee says : " It is the most beautiful and delicious of all our early fruits, and so easily cultivated... | |
| American Horticultural Society - Fruit-culture - 1883 - 324 pages
...the vine, or served with sugar and cream, are certainly Arcadian dainties, with a true paradisaical flavor, and fortunately they are so easily grown that...a few feet of ground may have them in abundance," RG Pardee says: "It is the most beautiful and delicious of all our early fruits, and so easily cultivated... | |
| Andrew Jackson Downing - Fruit - 1900 - 1340 pages
...tlie plant, or served with sugar and cream, are certainly Arcadian dainties with a true paradisiacal flavor, and, fortunately, they are so easily grown...of a few feet of ground may have them in abundance. To the confectioner this fruit is also invaluable, communicating its flavor to ices, and forming several... | |
| Massachusetts Horticultural Society - Gardening - 1904 - 1034 pages
...doubtless God never did," and AJ Downing, one of the pioneers in the strawberry field, truly said: "Ripe blushing strawberries eaten from the plant,...of a few feet of ground may have them in abundance. Certainly the strawberry is the most widely grown fruit in cultivation and probably, all things considered,... | |
| Massachusetts Horticultural Society - Agriculture - 1905 - 636 pages
...doubtless God never did," and AJ Downing, one of the pioneers in the strawberry field, truly said: "Ripe blushing strawberries eaten from the plant,...of a few feet of ground may have them in abundance. Certainly the strawberry is the most widely grown fruit in cultivation and probably, all things considered,... | |
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