A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... March , 1811 . 39. SCARLET CROFTON . Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p . 453 . Fruit middle - sized , flattish , about two inches and a half in diameter , and two deep , somewhat angular on the sides . Eye wide , but shallow . Stalk short ...
... March , 1811 . 39. SCARLET CROFTON . Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p . 453 . Fruit middle - sized , flattish , about two inches and a half in diameter , and two deep , somewhat angular on the sides . Eye wide , but shallow . Stalk short ...
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... March , 1811 . 44. WYKEN PIPPIN . Loud . Gard . Mag . Fruit rather below the middle size , round , somewhat flattened both at the base and the crown , about two inches deep , and two inches and a half in diameter . Eye rather small ...
... March , 1811 . 44. WYKEN PIPPIN . Loud . Gard . Mag . Fruit rather below the middle size , round , somewhat flattened both at the base and the crown , about two inches deep , and two inches and a half in diameter . Eye rather small ...
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... shaded on the sunny side with a lively red , intermixed with a thin grey russet . Flesh white , firm , and crisp . Juice brisk and well flavoured . A beautiful dessert apple , from November till March . 36 APPLES . Leeks.
... shaded on the sunny side with a lively red , intermixed with a thin grey russet . Flesh white , firm , and crisp . Juice brisk and well flavoured . A beautiful dessert apple , from November till March . 36 APPLES . Leeks.
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... March . This makes a very handsome middle sized tree , and is a most abundant bearer . It originated in a small gar- den near Surry - street Gates , Norwich , about sixty years ago ; and was first propagated by myself in 1793 , when ...
... March . This makes a very handsome middle sized tree , and is a most abundant bearer . It originated in a small gar- den near Surry - street Gates , Norwich , about sixty years ago ; and was first propagated by myself in 1793 , when ...
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... March . This is one of the largest of our table apples . It was raised in a garden belonging to a baker at Old Woodstock , near Oxford , a short distance from Blenheim . 73. BORSDORFF . Borsdörffer . Ib . Reinette bâtarde . Postophe d ...
... March . This is one of the largest of our table apples . It was raised in a garden belonging to a baker at Old Woodstock , near Oxford , a short distance from Blenheim . 73. BORSDORFF . Borsdörffer . Ib . Reinette bâtarde . Postophe d ...
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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...