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Thouin very justly remarks , " that the dense , dark green , shining foliage during three fourths of the year , enamelled with numerous bunches of delicate rosecoloured blossoms , and scattered over with fruit of diversity of colour ...
Thouin very justly remarks , " that the dense , dark green , shining foliage during three fourths of the year , enamelled with numerous bunches of delicate rosecoloured blossoms , and scattered over with fruit of diversity of colour ...
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... grower of all the sorts in our collections , its branches seldom shooting more than six or nine inches in a year : the buds are so close together , and the spurs so numerous and crowded , that the fruit forms most dense bunches .
... grower of all the sorts in our collections , its branches seldom shooting more than six or nine inches in a year : the buds are so close together , and the spurs so numerous and crowded , that the fruit forms most dense bunches .
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The spurs of the Black Eagle produce bunches of ten or twelve cherries each . The trees succeed best against an east or south - east wall . The specimen for the plate in the Hort . Trans . was taken from a north - east aspect when the ...
The spurs of the Black Eagle produce bunches of ten or twelve cherries each . The trees succeed best against an east or south - east wall . The specimen for the plate in the Hort . Trans . was taken from a north - east aspect when the ...
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WHITE CHRYSTAL , with white fruit and large bunches . 6. WHITE DUTCH , with yellow fruit and footstalks . The nurserymen's catalogues contain other names , some of which are probably a repetition of the same fruit .
WHITE CHRYSTAL , with white fruit and large bunches . 6. WHITE DUTCH , with yellow fruit and footstalks . The nurserymen's catalogues contain other names , some of which are probably a repetition of the same fruit .
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the sweetest and it is also superior in the dessert ; but . its bunches are not so large as those of the White Chrystal . When it is grown for the dessert , the size of the bunches should be increased to the utmost extent of which they ...
the sweetest and it is also superior in the dessert ; but . its bunches are not so large as those of the White Chrystal . When it is grown for the dessert , the size of the bunches should be increased to the utmost extent of which they ...
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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...