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Ripe about the middle of August , and very excellent . This is supposed to have been raised at Arbroath , in Forfarshire ; although there is a tradition of its having been brought from France by the monks of the abbey 9 of Arbroath ...
Ripe about the middle of August , and very excellent . This is supposed to have been raised at Arbroath , in Forfarshire ; although there is a tradition of its having been brought from France by the monks of the abbey 9 of Arbroath ...
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An excellent summer apple , ripe the beginning of August , but if kept above a week or ten days it becomes soft and mealy . This appears to be of Russian origin , having been sent from the Taurida Gardens , at St. Petersburgh , to the ...
An excellent summer apple , ripe the beginning of August , but if kept above a week or ten days it becomes soft and mealy . This appears to be of Russian origin , having been sent from the Taurida Gardens , at St. Petersburgh , to the ...
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A very excellent autumn dessert apple , in perfection about the end of August , and will keep sound , till Christmas . It is a healthy , hardy variety , but better adapted for dwarfs than for standards . 22. EMPEROR ALEXANDer . Hort .
A very excellent autumn dessert apple , in perfection about the end of August , and will keep sound , till Christmas . It is a healthy , hardy variety , but better adapted for dwarfs than for standards . 22. EMPEROR ALEXANDer . Hort .
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An excellent culinary fruit from Michaelmas to Christmas . This is a very valuable apple , and a most excellent bearer . The extreme buds are mostly blossom buds , which occasion the branches to become pendulous when the fruit is fully ...
An excellent culinary fruit from Michaelmas to Christmas . This is a very valuable apple , and a most excellent bearer . The extreme buds are mostly blossom buds , which occasion the branches to become pendulous when the fruit is fully ...
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A very neat and most excellent dessert apple , from October till January . 30. KERRY PIPPIN . Hooker , Pom . Lond . t . 20 . Kerry Pippin . Pom . Mag . t . 107. Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p . 454 . Fruit middle sized , oval , flattened ...
A very neat and most excellent dessert apple , from October till January . 30. KERRY PIPPIN . Hooker , Pom . Lond . t . 20 . Kerry Pippin . Pom . Mag . t . 107. Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p . 454 . Fruit middle sized , oval , flattened ...
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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...