A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... acid , very pleasant flavour . An early dessert fruit , ripe the middle of August . This beautiful apple was sent from the Taurida Gardens , near St. Petersburgh , to the Horticultural Society of London B 2 APPLES . 3 Asparagus.
... acid , very pleasant flavour . An early dessert fruit , ripe the middle of August . This beautiful apple was sent from the Taurida Gardens , near St. Petersburgh , to the Horticultural Society of London B 2 APPLES . 3 Asparagus.
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... August . 3. IRISH PEACH APPLE . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 740 . Pom . Mag . t . 100 . Early Crofton . 453 . Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p . 321. and Fruit middle - sized , depressed , globular , obtusely angular . Eye nearly closed by the ...
... August . 3. IRISH PEACH APPLE . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 740 . Pom . Mag . t . 100 . Early Crofton . 453 . Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p . 321. and Fruit middle - sized , depressed , globular , obtusely angular . Eye nearly closed by the ...
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... August to the end . This is the true Margaret apple of MILLER , and has been in our gardens since the time of RAY , in 1688 ; but it is not the Margaret of Forsyth , and of many col- lections of the present day ( See No. 13 ) . The tree ...
... August to the end . This is the true Margaret apple of MILLER , and has been in our gardens since the time of RAY , in 1688 ; but it is not the Margaret of Forsyth , and of many col- lections of the present day ( See No. 13 ) . The tree ...
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... August . This very beautiful apple was imported from Sweden , and first fruited by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End , Paddington , in 1816. Fruit of it was exhibited at the Horticultural Society , in 1820 . 8. RED QUARENDEN ...
... August . This very beautiful apple was imported from Sweden , and first fruited by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End , Paddington , in 1816. Fruit of it was exhibited at the Horticultural Society , in 1820 . 8. RED QUARENDEN ...
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... August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been introduced from Russia , where it is said to grow wild about Astracan , and was first brought into notice by William Atkinson ...
... August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been introduced from Russia , where it is said to grow wild about Astracan , and was first brought into notice by William Atkinson ...
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Page 509 - OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES, DEFECTS, AND INJURIES, | IN ALL KINDS OF FRUIT AND FOREST TREES." WITH AN ACCOUNT OF | A PARTICULAR METHOD OF CURE, | PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF GOVERNMENT.
Page 577 - ... sowing of seed for general crops until June or July. If a small quantity of each esteemed variety be sown two or three times in these months, they will produce a plentiful supply for use in autumn and the early part of winter. One ounce of good Endive-seed will produce about five thousand plants. When the plants...