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Page xvii
... covered with mats , and carefully ex- cluded from the influence of that solar light which is indispensable to them , have , whatever may be their ex- a ternal beauty , none of that luscious flavour which the INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... covered with mats , and carefully ex- cluded from the influence of that solar light which is indispensable to them , have , whatever may be their ex- a ternal beauty , none of that luscious flavour which the INTRODUCTION . xvii.
Page xxvi
... covered with dew , and in half an hour the perspiration was running off the glass . In damp or wet weather this evaporation is least ; in hot dry weather it is great- This loss has all to be supplied by the moisture introduced into the ...
... covered with dew , and in half an hour the perspiration was running off the glass . In damp or wet weather this evaporation is least ; in hot dry weather it is great- This loss has all to be supplied by the moisture introduced into the ...
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... covered with a white bloom . Flesh snow - white , often trans- parent in part , tender , juicy , crisp , very pleasant and delicate . Ripe in August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer ...
... covered with a white bloom . Flesh snow - white , often trans- parent in part , tender , juicy , crisp , very pleasant and delicate . Ripe in August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer ...
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... covered with a bright red . Flesh yellow , firm . Juice not plentiful , but sweet , and of a very good flavour . Ripe the end of August and beginning of September , and will not keep long . This is one of the sorts usually planted ...
... covered with a bright red . Flesh yellow , firm . Juice not plentiful , but sweet , and of a very good flavour . Ripe the end of August and beginning of September , and will not keep long . This is one of the sorts usually planted ...
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... covered with a rough grey russet , and a little tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellowish , crisp . Juice sac- charine , with a very pleasant . aromatic flavour . A very neat and excellent dessert apple in November ...
... covered with a rough grey russet , and a little tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellowish , crisp . Juice sac- charine , with a very pleasant . aromatic flavour . A very neat and excellent dessert apple in November ...
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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...