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Flesh approaching to yellow , firm and crisp , with a pleasant brisk juice , having much the highest flavour of any of the very early apples . A Scotch dessert apple , ripe the beginning and middle of August . 3. IRISH PEACH APPLE .
Flesh approaching to yellow , firm and crisp , with a pleasant brisk juice , having much the highest flavour of any of the very early apples . A Scotch dessert apple , ripe the beginning and middle of August . 3. IRISH PEACH APPLE .
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A dessert apple , of first - rate excellence , from the middle of August to the end . 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 ...
A dessert apple , of first - rate excellence , from the middle of August to the end . 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 ...
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This very beautiful apple was imported from Sweden , and first fruited by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End , Paddington , in 1816. Fruit of it was exhibited at the Horticultural Society , in 1820 . 8. RED QUARENDEN . Hooker Pom .
This very beautiful apple was imported from Sweden , and first fruited by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End , Paddington , in 1816. Fruit of it was exhibited at the Horticultural Society , in 1820 . 8. RED QUARENDEN . Hooker Pom .
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Eve Apple . Of the Irish Gardens , according to the Hort . Soc . Cat . Margaretha Apfel . Rother Jacob's Apfel . Fruit below the middle size , roundish oblong , rather angular , tapering a little to the crown .
Eve Apple . Of the Irish Gardens , according to the Hort . Soc . Cat . Margaretha Apfel . Rother Jacob's Apfel . Fruit below the middle size , roundish oblong , rather angular , tapering a little to the crown .
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This apple has very much the appearance of a small Nonesuch , from which it has probably originated . Its branches are spurred in the same manner , and it bears equally as well and as soon . A great many trees of it have lately been ...
This apple has very much the appearance of a small Nonesuch , from which it has probably originated . Its branches are spurred in the same manner , and it bears equally as well and as soon . A great many trees of it have lately been ...
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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...