 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1859 - 408 pages
...by bluffs more or less precipitous. The fountains are numerous, bold, and pure ; the streams clear and rapid. The surface of these table-lands is undulating,...is one of the most healthy regions in the country. C. PRACTICAL SCIENCE. Analysts of Soil from the Bluffs of Boone county, by Dr. Litton. Total 100.0373... | |
 | Missouri. State Geologist, George Clinton Swallow - Agriculture - 1859 - 134 pages
...increase very rapidly, and become an important element in our agricultural and commercial interests. Soil. — Nearly all the soils of Missouri possess...nearly all the vineyards of our State are located. Still, they produce an abundance of large native grapes, on vines of the Vitis labrusca, and other... | |
 | George C. Swallow - Agriculture - 1859 - 142 pages
...ingredients necessary to the complete development of the vine ; but some of them are too heavy, ivet and cold, unless improved by artificial means. This...nearly all the vineyards of our State are located. Still, they produce an abundance of large native grapes, on vines of the VUis labrusca, and other species.... | |
 | Academy of Science of St. Louis - Science - 1860 - 1166 pages
...indicate, the summers are long, temperate, dry and salubrious,* and the winters short and mild. It possesses the clear, brilliant skies of Italy, and...our best soils. * According to the census report of J 850, this is one of the most healthy regions in the country. Analyses of Soil from the bluffs ofJSoone... | |
 | Nathan H. Parker - 1865 - 172 pages
...It possesses the clear, brilliant sides of Italy, and the dry, bracing air of the western prairies. Nearly all the soils of Missouri possess all the ingredients...the western counties, which possess our best soils. The soil of central and southern Missouri is all that could be desired for the culture of the grape.... | |
 | Nathan Howe Parker - Missouri - 1867 - 504 pages
...but some of them are too heavy, wet, and cold, unless improved by artificial means. GRAPE CULTURE. This is true to some extent of those on the bluffs...less lime than in the western counties, which possess onr best soils. ANALYSIS OP SOIL FROM THE BLUFFS OF BOONK COUNTY, BY DR. LITTON. No. 12, A, was collected... | |
 | Nathan Howe Parker - Missouri - 1867 - 504 pages
...one of the most healthy regions in the country. This is true to some extent of those on the bluff's of the Mississippi and Missouri, where nearly all...less lime than in the western counties, which possess oar best soils. ANALYSIS or SOIL FROM THE BLUFFS OF BOONK COUNTY, BY DR. LITTON. No. 12, A, was collected... | |
 | Nathan Howe Parker - Missouri - 1867 - 494 pages
...means. * According to the census report of 1850, Ihie is one of the most heal>hy regions in the country. This is true to some extent of those on the bluffs...Missouri, where nearly all the vineyards of our State arc located. These soils are based upon the bluff formation, where it contains more clay and less lime... | |
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Soil. — Nearly all the soils of Missouri possess all the ingredients necessary to the complete development of the vine ; but some of them are too heavy, wet, and cold, unless improved by artificial means. This is true to some extent of those on the... 