A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... figure , and free from angles on its sides , about two inches and a half in diameter , and two inches and a quarter deep , Eye small , with a short , closed calyx , in a very regular , rather shallow , saucer - shaped basin , without ...
... figure , and free from angles on its sides , about two inches and a half in diameter , and two inches and a quarter deep , Eye small , with a short , closed calyx , in a very regular , rather shallow , saucer - shaped basin , without ...
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... figure , nearly as broad as it is wide , with five obscure angles , extending from the sides into the crown . Eye small . Stalk short in a shallow base . Skin yellow , with numerous green specks imbedded , tinged with orange , and ...
... figure , nearly as broad as it is wide , with five obscure angles , extending from the sides into the crown . Eye small . Stalk short in a shallow base . Skin yellow , with numerous green specks imbedded , tinged with orange , and ...
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... figure , with five ribs extending from the base to the crown ; the three upper ones being the broadest , and the two lower ones the shortest and most acute , in the manner of the Catshead . Eye small and deep . Stalk short and thick ...
... figure , with five ribs extending from the base to the crown ; the three upper ones being the broadest , and the two lower ones the shortest and most acute , in the manner of the Catshead . Eye small and deep . Stalk short and thick ...
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... figure , with very broad ribs slightly formed at the base , but very promi- nent at the crown , about two and a half or three inches deep , and three and a quarter or three inches and a half in diameter . Eye open , seated rather deeply ...
... figure , with very broad ribs slightly formed at the base , but very promi- nent at the crown , about two and a half or three inches deep , and three and a quarter or three inches and a half in diameter . Eye open , seated rather deeply ...
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... figure . Eye sunk in a somewhat deep regularly formed basin . Stalk half an inch long , slender . Skin yellow , marbled and shaded on the sunny side with a lively red , intermixed with a thin grey russet . Flesh white , firm , and crisp ...
... figure . Eye sunk in a somewhat deep regularly formed basin . Stalk half an inch long , slender . Skin yellow , marbled and shaded on the sunny side with a lively red , intermixed with a thin grey russet . Flesh white , firm , and crisp ...
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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...