grapery
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The grapery must be built on well-drained land or elevated above the ground to permit the construction of a properly drained border.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.
This communicates with the hot grapery and tool house, under which is a capacious root cellar.
From Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings by Woodward, George E. (George Evertson)
In a well-conducted grapery, there is never an intermission in the warfare against these pests.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.
A grapery need not be an expensive luxury, and the culture of grapes under glass can be recommended to persons of moderate means who are looking for a horticultural hobby.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.
Jest picture tu yourself a grapery, stretchin miles away, and in that air grapery is walkin men of every age and condition, and all are a pluckin them are big purple grapes.
From Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier by Cornelius, M. A.
To celebrate the occasion he gave us a little dinner, and invested heavily in nectarines, strawberries and peaches from the graperies.
From On the Fringe of the Great Fight by Nasmith, George G. (George Gallie)
Grottoes, statuary, and fountains abound, while orchards of various fruits are common, interspersed here and there with picturesque graperies.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
Some of our numerous designs for graperies, both of the curvilinear and straight roofed form, would, with slight alteration in adding to the means of ventilation, be well adapted to this purpose.
From Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings by Woodward, George E. (George Evertson)
Under the English methods of treatment, our graperies and green-houses would speedily be ruined.
From Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings by Woodward, George E. (George Evertson)
It has a small pond on one side, and eight acres of land, laid out in gardens, walks and lawns, with extensive greenhouses and graperies.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
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