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Eye closed by 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 .
Eye closed by 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 .
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12. DOCTOR HELSHAM'S PIPPIN . G. Lind . Cat . 1815 . Fruit middle - sized , more long than broad , eight or nine inches in circumference , a little angular on the sides . Eye small , in a rather wide and oblique basin .
12. DOCTOR HELSHAM'S PIPPIN . G. Lind . Cat . 1815 . Fruit middle - sized , more long than broad , eight or nine inches in circumference , a little angular on the sides . Eye small , in a rather wide and oblique basin .
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Skin covered with a fine bloom , with 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 ...
Skin covered with a fine bloom , with 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 ...
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Fruit small , formed with the most perfect regularity of outline , a little more long than broad . Crown quite flat . Eye large , in proportion to the size of the fruit , but very shallow , surrounded by a fine thin russet .
Fruit small , formed with the most perfect regularity of outline , a little more long than broad . Crown quite flat . Eye large , in proportion to the size of the fruit , but very shallow , surrounded by a fine thin russet .
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Fruit pretty large , of a very regular figure , nearly as broad as it is wide , with five obscure angles , extending from the sides into the crown . Eye small . Stalk short in a shallow base . Skin yellow , with numerous green specks ...
Fruit pretty large , of a very regular figure , nearly as broad as it is wide , with five obscure angles , extending from the sides into the crown . Eye small . Stalk short in a shallow base . Skin yellow , with numerous green specks ...
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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...