 | Massachusetts - 1875 - 692 頁
...tree, was able to force water to the height of eighty-six feet. We were therefore somewhat preL. pared for an exhibition of considerable power, but the results...earth, visited it. Mr. DP Penhallow watched with it several days and nights, making hourly observations. Prof. HW Parker was moved to write a poem about... | |
 | State Pomological Society of Michigan - 1875 - 592 頁
...with great rapidity and to an enormous size, seemed, on the whole, the best fruit for the experiment. which was four feet wide, fifty feet long, and about...earth, visited it. Mr. DP Penhallow watched with it several days and nights, making hourly observations. Prof. HW Parker was moved to write a poem about... | |
 | 1875 - 406 頁
...grew vigorously, and the squash lifted in a most satisfactory manner. Never before has the de^lopment of a squash been observed more critically, or by a greater number of people. 31 any thousands of men, women and children, from all classes of society, and of various nationalities,... | |
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A rich bed of compost from a spent hot-bed was prepared, which was four feet wide, fifty feet long, and about six inches in depth. Here, under the fostering care of Prof. Maynard, the seeds germinated, the vine grew vigorously, and the squash lifted in... 