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... C.M. H.S. EDITED BY JOHN LINDLEY , F.R.S. & c . & c . ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , REES , ORME , BROWN , AND GREEN , PATERNOSTER - ROW . a 161 PREFACE BY THE EDITOR .
... C.M. H.S. EDITED BY JOHN LINDLEY , F.R.S. & c . & c . ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , REES , ORME , BROWN , AND GREEN , PATERNOSTER - ROW . a 161 PREFACE BY THE EDITOR .
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Skin thick , pale green , with several imbedded white dots , and slightly marked with many short , broken streaks of pale brown , with russetty specks on the sunny side , particularly in the crown and round the eye .
Skin thick , pale green , with several imbedded white dots , and slightly marked with many short , broken streaks of pale brown , with russetty specks on the sunny side , particularly in the crown and round the eye .
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Skin pale green on the shaded side , brown next the sun . Flesh white , firm , crisp , juicy , with a lively sugared juice . Ripens the beginning of September , and remains in perfection till the end of October .
Skin pale green on the shaded side , brown next the sun . Flesh white , firm , crisp , juicy , with a lively sugared juice . Ripens the beginning of September , and remains in perfection till the end of October .
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Skin bright gold colour , sprinkled all over with numerous minute brown specks ; on the sunny side marbled and streaked with bright orange and scarlet . Flesh pale yellow , crisp , firm . Juice not plentiful , but rich , and of a high ...
Skin bright gold colour , sprinkled all over with numerous minute brown specks ; on the sunny side marbled and streaked with bright orange and scarlet . Flesh pale yellow , crisp , firm . Juice not plentiful , but rich , and of a high ...
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Skin pale yellow , slightly tinged with red on the sunny side , and sprinkled with irregular brown spots . Flesh yellow , tender , juicy , and pleasant . An excellent dessert apple from November till April .
Skin pale yellow , slightly tinged with red on the sunny side , and sprinkled with irregular brown spots . Flesh yellow , tender , juicy , and pleasant . An excellent dessert apple from November till April .
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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...