Definition of Graperies

1. Noun. (plural of grapery) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Graperies

1. grapery [n] - See also: grapery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Graperies

grape juice
grape louse
grape phylloxera
grape sugar
grape wine
graped
grapefruit
grapefruit juice
grapefruit peel
grapefruitlike
grapefruits
grapefruity
grapeless
grapelike
graperies
grapery
grapes
grapeseed
grapeseed oil
grapeseeds
grapeshot
grapeshots
grapeskin cyst
grapestone
grapestones
grapevine
grapevine family
grapevines
grapey

Literary usage of Graperies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1857)
"The two graperies are forty-eight by twenty-four, span roi f, moderate pitch, with twenty-four vines in each, and about twelve different varieties of grape, ..."

2. Papers on Horticultural and Kindred Subjects by William Saunders, United States Dept. of Agriculture (1891)
"INSIDE BORDERS FOR Graperies. It has been strenuously advocated that the soil in which foreign grapes are grown should be wholly under the glass, ..."

3. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"For early forcing, or perhaps in all Graperies where artificial heat is used, the "lean to," as it is called, is preferable facing south or southeast, ..."

4. Papers on Hortcultural and Kindred Subjects by William Saunders, United States Dept. of Agriculture (1891)
"INSIDE BORDERS FOR Graperies. It has been strenuously advocated that the soil in which foreign grapes are grown should be wholly under the glass, ..."

5. Practical Floriculture: A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of Florists by Peter Henderson (1911)
"I will simply say that for early forcing, or perhaps in all graperies where artificial beat ... While for cold graperies, or those not heated artificially, ..."

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