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Fruit of the usual codlin shape , about three inches in diameter at the base , and two inches and three quar ters deep , slightly angular on its sides , and tapering to a narrow crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx ...
Fruit of the usual codlin shape , about three inches in diameter at the base , and two inches and three quar ters deep , slightly angular on its sides , and tapering to a narrow crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx ...
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Stalk short , slender , rather deeply sunk , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , becoming bright yellow when highly ripened , marbled and streaked with red on the sunny side , like the Nonesuch .
Stalk short , slender , rather deeply sunk , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , becoming bright yellow when highly ripened , marbled and streaked with red on the sunny side , like the Nonesuch .
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Stalk woolly , sometimes inserted beneath a deep lip protruding 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 ...
Stalk woolly , sometimes inserted beneath a deep lip protruding 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 ...
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When this irregularity happens , for it is not always the case , it arises from a broad protuberant rib , which extends from the base to the crown . This has occasioned the Hawthornden to be represented ...
When this irregularity happens , for it is not always the case , it arises from a broad protuberant rib , which extends from the base to the crown . This has occasioned the Hawthornden to be represented ...
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Stalk short , slender , inserted in a shallow cavity , seldom projecting beyond the base . Skin pale yellow , spotted and marbled with orange , with numerous broken stripes and patches of brick - red on the sunny side .
Stalk short , slender , inserted in a shallow cavity , seldom projecting beyond the base . Skin pale yellow , spotted and marbled with orange , with numerous broken stripes and patches of brick - red on the sunny side .
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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...