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... Esq . about 1800 , and planted at Wormsley Grange , in Herefordshire . Their name is derived from the seat of the Earl Talbot , in Staffordshire . They were first noticed in the Hort . Trans . in March , 1811 . 39. SCARLET CROFTON .
... Esq . about 1800 , and planted at Wormsley Grange , in Herefordshire . Their name is derived from the seat of the Earl Talbot , in Staffordshire . They were first noticed in the Hort . Trans . in March , 1811 . 39. SCARLET CROFTON .
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The first account of it is to be found in the Horticultural Transactions , communicated by Mr. Knight , in March , 1811 . 44. WYKEN PIPPIN . Loud . Gard . Mag . Fruit rather below the middle size , round , somewhat flattened both at the ...
The first account of it is to be found in the Horticultural Transactions , communicated by Mr. Knight , in March , 1811 . 44. WYKEN PIPPIN . Loud . Gard . Mag . Fruit rather below the middle size , round , somewhat flattened both at the ...
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Skin yellow , marbled and 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 .
Skin yellow , marbled and 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 .
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A beautiful dessert apple , from November till March . This makes a very handsome middle sized tree , and is a most abundant bearer . It originated in a small garden near Surry - street Gates , Norwich , about sixty years ago ; and was ...
A beautiful dessert apple , from November till March . This makes a very handsome middle sized tree , and is a most abundant bearer . It originated in a small garden near Surry - street Gates , Norwich , about sixty years ago ; and was ...
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A dessert apple from November till 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 . Knoop .
A dessert apple from November till 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 . Knoop .
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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...