A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... Stalk short , deeply in- serted . Skin greenish yellow in the shade , deep crimson on the exposed side , and over great part of the surface spotted with russet , with a little coarse russet surround- ing the stalk . The greatest part of ...
... Stalk short , deeply in- serted . Skin greenish yellow in the shade , deep crimson on the exposed side , and over great part of the surface spotted with russet , with a little coarse russet surround- ing the stalk . The greatest part of ...
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... Stalk short , thick . Skin greenish yellow , richly and closely streaked with deep red . Flesh white , juicy , breaking , sub - acid , very rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour . Ripe the beginning and middle of ...
... Stalk short , thick . Skin greenish yellow , richly and closely streaked with deep red . Flesh white , juicy , breaking , sub - acid , very rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour . Ripe the beginning and middle of ...
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... Stalk slender and deeply inserted . Skin pale yellow , beauti- fully variegated with broken stripes of red . Flesh ... Stalk moderately thick , rather long , placed in a funnel- shaped cavity . Eye placed in the bottom of a hollow ...
... Stalk slender and deeply inserted . Skin pale yellow , beauti- fully variegated with broken stripes of red . Flesh ... Stalk moderately thick , rather long , placed in a funnel- shaped cavity . Eye placed in the bottom of a hollow ...
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... Stalk short , slender , rather deeply sunk , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , becoming bright yel- low when highly ripened , marbled and streaked with red on the sunny side , like the Nonesuch . Flesh pale ...
... Stalk short , slender , rather deeply sunk , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , becoming bright yel- low when highly ripened , marbled and streaked with red on the sunny side , like the Nonesuch . Flesh pale ...
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... Stalk woolly , sometimes inserted beneath a deep lip protrud- ing into the cavity of the base . Flesh white , firm , juicy , sweet mixed with acid , little perfumed , very rich and agreeable . A very excellent autumn dessert apple , in ...
... Stalk woolly , sometimes inserted beneath a deep lip protrud- ing into the cavity of the base . Flesh white , firm , juicy , sweet mixed with acid , little perfumed , very rich and agreeable . A very excellent autumn dessert apple , in ...
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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...