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Thus , the male parent of the Downton Strawberry was the Old 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 ...
Thus , the male parent of the Downton Strawberry was the Old 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 ...
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Scarlet Perfume . Of some collections . Fruit above the middle size , about three inches and a quarter in diameter , and two inches and a quarter deep , angular in a slight degree , with a wide eye , mostly closed by the segments of the ...
Scarlet Perfume . Of some collections . Fruit above the middle size , about three inches and a quarter in diameter , and two inches and a quarter deep , angular in a slight degree , with a wide eye , mostly closed by the segments of the ...
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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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Skin pale yellow , becoming deeper as the fruit ripens , sometimes with a tinge of dull scarlet next the sun ; the whole surface is speckled with minute greenish spots , and a patch of coarse russet always surrounds the stalk .
Skin pale yellow , becoming deeper as the fruit ripens , sometimes with a tinge of dull scarlet next the sun ; the whole surface is speckled with minute greenish spots , and a patch of coarse russet always surrounds the stalk .
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Bell's Scarlet . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 767 . Fruit middle - sized , conical , of the true Pearmain form . Eye middle - sized , deeply sunk , surrounded by small plaits , and crowned by the green persistent calyx .
Bell's Scarlet . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 767 . Fruit middle - sized , conical , of the true Pearmain form . Eye middle - sized , deeply sunk , surrounded by small plaits , and crowned by the green persistent calyx .
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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...
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| Title | A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden |
| Author | George Lindley |
| Published | 1831 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 4 Jun 2007 |
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