A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... broad , short segments of the calyx , slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather short , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellow ...
... broad , short segments of the calyx , slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather short , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellow ...
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... broad , eight or nine inches in circumference , a little angular on the sides . Eye small , in a rather wide and oblique basin . Stalk half an inch long , deeply inserted . Skin yel- lowish green , with several reddish spots ; on the ...
... broad , eight or nine inches in circumference , a little angular on the sides . Eye small , in a rather wide and oblique basin . Stalk half an inch long , deeply inserted . Skin yel- lowish green , with several reddish spots ; on the ...
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... broad , to the crown , where it is small and narrow . Eye large , and deeply seated in a per- fectly smooth round basin . Stalk three quarters of an inch long , not protruded beyond the base . Skin greenish yellow , slightly streaked ...
... broad , to the crown , where it is small and narrow . Eye large , and deeply seated in a per- fectly smooth round basin . Stalk three quarters of an inch long , not protruded beyond the base . Skin greenish yellow , slightly streaked ...
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... broad , broken , irregular stripes of red next the sun , and paler and more distant marking of the same kind in the shade . Flesh firm , yellowish white , occasionally tinged with pink next the skin , with a rich and brisk flavour . A ...
... broad , broken , irregular stripes of red next the sun , and paler and more distant marking of the same kind in the shade . Flesh firm , yellowish white , occasionally tinged with pink next the skin , with a rich and brisk flavour . A ...
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... broad . Crown quite flat . Eye large , in proportion to the size of the fruit , but very shallow , surrounded by a fine thin russet . Skin pale green on the shaded side ; on that exposed to the sun , of a very pure , clear yellow , free ...
... broad . Crown quite flat . Eye large , in proportion to the size of the fruit , but very shallow , surrounded by a fine thin russet . Skin pale green on the shaded side ; on that exposed to the sun , of a very pure , clear yellow , free ...
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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...