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Fruit of the usual codlin shape , about three inches in diameter at the base , and two inches and three quar ters deep , slightly angular on its sides , and tapering to a narrow crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx ...
Fruit of the usual codlin shape , about three inches in diameter at the base , and two inches and three quar ters deep , slightly angular on its sides , and tapering to a narrow crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx ...
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Fruit below the middle size , roundish oblong , rather angular , tapering a little to the crown . Eye contracted , plaited . Stalk short , thick . Skin greenish yellow , richly and closely streaked with deep red .
Fruit below the middle size , roundish oblong , rather angular , tapering a little to the crown . Eye contracted , plaited . Stalk short , thick . Skin greenish yellow , richly and closely streaked with deep red .
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Fruit above the middle size , about two inches and three quarters deep , and three inches and a quarter in diameter ; somewhat irregularly round , with a few obtuse angles reaching to the crown , which is rather narrow and depressed .
Fruit above the middle size , about two inches and three quarters deep , and three inches and a quarter in diameter ; somewhat irregularly round , with a few obtuse angles reaching to the crown , which is rather narrow and depressed .
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Crown quite flat . Eye large , in proportion to the size of the fruit , but very shallow , surrounded by a fine thin russet . Skin pale green on the shaded side ; on that exposed to the sun , of a very pure , clear yellow , free from ...
Crown quite flat . Eye large , in proportion to the size of the fruit , but very shallow , surrounded by a fine thin russet . Skin pale green on the shaded side ; on that exposed to the sun , of a very pure , clear yellow , free from ...
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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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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...