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... 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 of Arbroath ; but it is not to be found B 3 APPLES . 5 Basil.
... 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 of Arbroath ; but it is not to be found B 3 APPLES . 5 Basil.
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... 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 ...
... 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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... 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 . p . 407. t . 28 ...
... 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 . p . 407. t . 28 ...
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George Lindley John Lindley (F.R.S.). 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 ...
George Lindley John Lindley (F.R.S.). 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 ...
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... excellent dessert apple from September till No- vember . This has been long known in the county of Kerry , in Ireland , where it is esteemed one of their best dessert apples . Mr. Robertson , of Kilkenny , describes the tree as broom ...
... excellent dessert apple from September till No- vember . This has been long known in the county of Kerry , in Ireland , where it is esteemed one of their best dessert apples . Mr. Robertson , of Kilkenny , describes the tree as broom ...
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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...