A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... September . The branches of this tree droop in the manner of a Jargonelle Pear . It is an abundant bearer , and deserves cultivation . The original tree , which is a large one , was raised by the late Dr. Helsham , and is now growing in ...
... September . The branches of this tree droop in the manner of a Jargonelle Pear . It is an abundant bearer , and deserves cultivation . The original tree , which is a large one , was raised by the late Dr. Helsham , and is now growing in ...
Page 9
... September . The French gardeners pretend to distinguish all their Calvilles , when cut transversely , by a regular five - angled cavity at the core . 15. REVELSTONE PIPPIN . Hort . Trans . Vol . iv . p . 522 . Fruit middle - sized ...
... September . The French gardeners pretend to distinguish all their Calvilles , when cut transversely , by a regular five - angled cavity at the core . 15. REVELSTONE PIPPIN . Hort . Trans . Vol . iv . p . 522 . Fruit middle - sized ...
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... September , and will not keep long . This is one of the sorts usually planted against walls in the Carse of Gowrie . In this country it does well as an open standard , and is an abundant bearer . Its fruit was exhibited at the ...
... September , and will not keep long . This is one of the sorts usually planted against walls in the Carse of Gowrie . In this country it does well as an open standard , and is an abundant bearer . Its fruit was exhibited at the ...
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... September till No- vember . This has been long known in the county of Kerry , in Ireland , where it is esteemed one of their best dessert apples . Mr. Robertson , of Kilkenny , describes the tree as broom - headed : the young shoots ...
... September till No- vember . This has been long known in the county of Kerry , in Ireland , where it is esteemed one of their best dessert apples . Mr. Robertson , of Kilkenny , describes the tree as broom - headed : the young shoots ...
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... September , and remains in perfection till the end of October . This is an excellent autumnal fruit , bearing well , and having a firm high- flavoured flesh , resembling in quality that of the New- town Pippin . It derives its name from ...
... September , and remains in perfection till the end of October . This is an excellent autumnal fruit , bearing well , and having a firm high- flavoured flesh , resembling in quality that of the New- town Pippin . It derives its name from ...
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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...