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Miller . The Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary . By Philip Miller . Folio . 1768 . Nicol . The Gardener's Kalendar ; or a Monthly Directory of Operations in every Branch of Horticulture . By Walter Nicol . 4th Edition . 8vo . 1822 .
Miller . The Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary . By Philip Miller . Folio . 1768 . Nicol . The Gardener's Kalendar ; or a Monthly Directory of Operations in every Branch of Horticulture . By Walter Nicol . 4th Edition . 8vo . 1822 .
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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 collections of the present day ( See No. 13 ) . The tree is readily known from ...
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 collections of the present day ( See No. 13 ) . The tree is readily known from ...
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Cells large , open , fiveangled . Juice sweet , but not rich . A culinary apple in October and November . 64. SUMMER PEARMAIN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No.771 . Pom . Mag . t . 116 . Summer Pearmain . Miller Ed . 8. No. 3 .
Cells large , open , fiveangled . Juice sweet , but not rich . A culinary apple in October and November . 64. SUMMER PEARMAIN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No.771 . Pom . Mag . t . 116 . Summer Pearmain . Miller Ed . 8. No. 3 .
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Miller , Ed . 8. No. 16 . Fruit middle - sized , irregularly shaped and somewhat flat , from two inches and a half to two inches and three quarters in diameter , and two to two inches and 100 APPLES .
Miller , Ed . 8. No. 16 . Fruit middle - sized , irregularly shaped and somewhat flat , from two inches and a half to two inches and three quarters in diameter , and two to two inches and 100 APPLES .
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Miller , No. 7 . Fruit of a middling size , of a somewhat oval figure , and a good deal compressed on its sides . Suture deep at the base , shallow at the apex . Skin pale yellow , full of white specks ; on the sunny side red , marked ...
Miller , No. 7 . Fruit of a middling size , of a somewhat oval figure , and a good deal compressed on its sides . Suture deep at the base , shallow at the apex . Skin pale yellow , full of white specks ; on the sunny side red , marked ...
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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...