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Page xvii
For a similar reason , forced fruits , which are obtained at a period when there is little light , cannot be compared with those which are matured in the full blaze of a summer sun ; and hence melons grown in frames covered with mats ...
For a similar reason , forced fruits , which are obtained at a period when there is little light , cannot be compared with those which are matured in the full blaze of a summer sun ; and hence melons grown in frames covered with mats ...
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Guettard states that he found Cornus Mascula perspire twice its own weight in a day ; and Mr. Knight has remarked a Vine in a hot day losing moisture with such rapidity that a glass placed under one of its leaves was speedily covered ...
Guettard states that he found Cornus Mascula perspire twice its own weight in a day ; and Mr. Knight has remarked a Vine in a hot day losing moisture with such rapidity that a glass placed under one of its leaves was speedily covered ...
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Skin smooth , with a few faint streaks of red on the sunny side , and covered with a white bloom . Flesh snow - white , often transparent in part , tender , juicy , crisp , very pleasant and delicate . Ripe in August , and will keep ...
Skin smooth , with a few faint streaks of red on the sunny side , and covered with a white bloom . Flesh snow - white , often transparent in part , tender , juicy , crisp , very pleasant and delicate . Ripe in August , and will keep ...
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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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Skin pale , dull yellow , very much covered with a rough grey russet , and a little tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellowish , crisp . Juice saccharine , with a very pleasant . aromatic flavour .
Skin pale , dull yellow , very much covered with a rough grey russet , and a little tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellowish , crisp . Juice saccharine , with a very pleasant . aromatic flavour .
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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...