A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... deep . Eye narrow , prominent , surrounded by large plaits . Stalk half an inch , rather stout , inserted in a regular and rather deep cavity . Skin pale red , but of a deep colour , and shaded with deeper streaks on the sunny side ...
... deep . Eye narrow , prominent , surrounded by large plaits . Stalk half an inch , rather stout , inserted in a regular and rather deep cavity . Skin pale red , but of a deep colour , and shaded with deeper streaks on the sunny side ...
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... deep ; three , or more frequently four slight ridges divide it lengthways , and give it a somewhat square outline . Stalk moderately thick , rather long , placed in a funnel- shaped cavity . Eye placed in the bottom of a hollow ...
... deep ; three , or more frequently four slight ridges divide it lengthways , and give it a somewhat square outline . Stalk moderately thick , rather long , placed in a funnel- shaped cavity . Eye placed in the bottom of a hollow ...
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... deep , and three inches and a quarter in diameter ; somewhat irregularly round , with a few ob- tuse angles reaching to the crown , which is rather narrow and depressed . Eye small , closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk half an ...
... deep , and three inches and a quarter in diameter ; somewhat irregularly round , with a few ob- tuse angles reaching to the crown , which is rather narrow and depressed . Eye small , closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk half an ...
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... deep cavity . Skin bright deep yellow , somewhat scabrous , with a tinge of green , sprinkled with numerous grey and dark - coloured specks or spots . Flesh pale yellow , crisp , tender . Juice rich , of a poignant aromatic flavour . A ...
... deep cavity . Skin bright deep yellow , somewhat scabrous , with a tinge of green , sprinkled with numerous grey and dark - coloured specks or spots . Flesh pale yellow , crisp , tender . Juice rich , of a poignant aromatic flavour . A ...
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... deep , Eye small , with a short , closed calyx , in a very regular , rather shallow , saucer - shaped basin , without plaits . Stalk short , slender , inserted in a shallow cavity , seldom projecting beyond the base . Skin pale yellow ...
... deep , Eye small , with a short , closed calyx , in a very regular , rather shallow , saucer - shaped basin , without plaits . Stalk short , slender , inserted in a shallow cavity , seldom projecting beyond the base . Skin pale yellow ...
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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...