A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... Black , the female a kind of Scarlet ; in Coe's Golden Drop Plum , the father was the Yellow Magnum Bonum , the mother the Green Gage ; and in the Elton Cherry the White Heart was the male parent , and the Graffion the female . The ...
... Black , the female a kind of Scarlet ; in Coe's Golden Drop Plum , the father was the Yellow Magnum Bonum , the mother the Green Gage ; and in the Elton Cherry the White Heart was the male parent , and the Graffion the female . The ...
Page 52
... black and green specks ; on the sunny side very distinctly dashed with a vivid carmine over a ground spotted with the same colour , only more faint . Flesh whitish , firm , juicy , and agreeable , but not high flavoured . A very ...
... black and green specks ; on the sunny side very distinctly dashed with a vivid carmine over a ground spotted with the same colour , only more faint . Flesh whitish , firm , juicy , and agreeable , but not high flavoured . A very ...
Page 74
... black dots , in the manner of an ordinary Golden Rei- nette . Flesh yellowish next the skin , green next the core , firm , crisp , very juicy , with a peculiar rich sweet- ness , and a light aromatic flavour . An excellent dessert fruit ...
... black dots , in the manner of an ordinary Golden Rei- nette . Flesh yellowish next the skin , green next the core , firm , crisp , very juicy , with a peculiar rich sweet- ness , and a light aromatic flavour . An excellent dessert fruit ...
Page 102
... black specks : these , however , are more to be attributed to a crowded state of old trees , than a natural appearance of healthy fruit from young trees in a state of vigour , and in a kind season . This observation may be understood to ...
... black specks : these , however , are more to be attributed to a crowded state of old trees , than a natural appearance of healthy fruit from young trees in a state of vigour , and in a kind season . This observation may be understood to ...
Page 133
... Black Apricot . Forsyth , Ed . 3. No. 10 . Fruit nearly spherical , about five inches in circum- ference . Suture deep , extending from the base to its apex . Skin covered with a very fine velvety down K 3 APRICOTS . 133.
... Black Apricot . Forsyth , Ed . 3. No. 10 . Fruit nearly spherical , about five inches in circum- ference . Suture deep , extending from the base to its apex . Skin covered with a very fine velvety down K 3 APRICOTS . 133.
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apex apple from November August Bergamot Beurré Black branches brown buds bunches calyx cavity Chiswick colour crown cultivated deep purple deeply inserted dessert apple Duhamel Early espalier excellent Eye small Flesh firm Flesh pale Flesh white Flesh yellowish Flowers Forsyth Frontignan Fruit large Fruit middle-sized garden glands greenish yellow half an inch Herefordshire high flavoured Hort Horticultural inch long inches and three Juice plentiful juicy Langley Lindl melting Mignonne Miller Muscadine Muscat of Alexandria Nectarines Nonpareil Nursery Catalogues oblong open standard oval Parmain Pavie Peach Pear Pippin plaits plants pruning purple quarters in diameter Quince rich Ripe the beginning Ripe the end Ripe the middle ripened round roundish russet russetty saccharine Scarlet Sea Kale seed shaded side shoots slender sorts specks Stalk an inch Stalk half Stalk short stone sugary sunny side suture sweet three inches tinged Trans tree Twickenham Violet wall
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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...