valley-floor

The Avon, here forming the boundary between Gloucestershire and Somerset, though entering the estuary of the Severn (Bristol Channel) only 8 m. below the city, is here confined between considerable hills, with a narrow valley-floor on which the nucleus of the city rests.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

Then the little seeds, harbored through the long summer in earth's bosom, burst their coats and push up their tender leaves, till on hillside and valley-floor appears a delicate mist of green, which gradually confirms itself into a soft, rich carpet -- and all the world is verdure clad.

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On the other hand, my early prediction of 25 percent of a crop in the valley-floor orchards has been close to correct.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950

The hillside orchards or those on upland sites (soils) were far less injured than the river-bottom or valley-floor orchards, even though the latter may be on a better soil as far as fertility is concerned.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950

Young filbert orchards, on either hillside or valley-floor sites, seem to be much less severely hurt than older orchards on the same sites.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950

Of course, certain valley-floor orchards with a combination of adverse factors won't have even a 5 percent crop.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950

In places the hare-bells and Canterbury bells and the bugloss are so abundant as to make a whole valley-floor blue as in

More Science From an Easy Chair 1888

After designing drainage and irrigation systems for Policy's two distinct soil types, Barbour planted grape clones that favor restrained, elegant Cabernet Sauvignon, including clone 6, whose tiny, tannic berries add what Brown calls "the mountain element" to the valley-floor fruit.

SFGate: Top News Stories Deborah Grossman 2010

If a wine based on cabernet is cheap, you can almost bet that the fruit was of poor quality and likely farmed factory-style on high-yield, valley-floor vineyards with pesticides and lots of irrigation to pump up weight at the cost of flavour.

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