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the plant is a vigorous, woody, twining vine (liana) or climbing shrub. It is not unusual for a healthy vine to cover an area 10 to 15 feet wide, 18 to...

Treatise on the Vine" (1830), "The Porno- logical Manual" (1831), and "Manual of Roses" (1846). In the first two he was aided by his father, the second William...

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture Cobaea (after Father Cobo, Spanish Jesuit of the seventeenth century, naturalist, and resident...

feeds on the vine roots and leaves. Phylloxera is indigenous to North America and native vine varieties had developed resistance. European vines had no such...

wolfberry, goji berry, barbary matrimony vine, bocksdorn, cambronera, Duke of Argyll's tea tree, or matrimony vine. Unrelated to the plant's geographic origin...

creating superior wine is generally recognized. Haraszthy has been called the "Father of Modern Viticulture in California." He wrote Report on Grapes and Wines...

sweet pea is a native of the island of Sicily and was first described by Father Franciscus Cupani, a devout Italian monk and an enthusiastic botanist, in...

woody vine, the most marked exception being the strawberry. Most fruits may be grouped under three general heads, —orchard or tree fruits, vine fruits...

and if a cowpea be transferred to the North, it tends to shorten up its vine and assume a bush habit. An interesting illustration of such modifications...

virtually devoid of organic matter. Sir Albert Howard has been called the 'father of modern composting.' His first composting book (1931) _The Waste Products...