A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx , slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather short , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side ...
... crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx , slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather short , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side ...
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... crown . Eye contracted , plaited . Stalk short , thick . Skin greenish yellow , richly and closely streaked with deep red . Flesh white , juicy , breaking , sub - acid , very rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour ...
... crown . Eye contracted , plaited . Stalk short , thick . Skin greenish yellow , richly and closely streaked with deep red . Flesh white , juicy , breaking , sub - acid , very rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour ...
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... crown , which is rather narrow and depressed . Eye small , closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk half an inch long , slender , rather deeply inserted . Skin dull yellowish green , dashed on the sunny side with faint red ...
... crown , which is rather narrow and depressed . Eye small , closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk half an inch long , slender , rather deeply inserted . Skin dull yellowish green , dashed on the sunny side with faint red ...
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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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... 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 . Flesh rather soft , 20 APPLES .
... 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 . Flesh rather soft , 20 APPLES .
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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...