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Flesh white , firm , juicy , with a sweet , brisk , sub - acid , very pleasant flavour . An early dessert fruit , ripe the middle of August . This beautiful apple was sent from the Taurida Gardens , near St. Petersburgh , to the ...
Flesh white , firm , juicy , with a sweet , brisk , sub - acid , very pleasant flavour . An early dessert fruit , ripe the middle of August . This beautiful apple was sent from the Taurida Gardens , near St. Petersburgh , to the ...
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Flesh inclining to yellow , firm , crisp , juicy , very rich , and highly flavoured . Ripe about the middle of August , and very excellent . This is supposed to have been raised at Arbroath , in Forfarshire ; although there is a ...
Flesh inclining to yellow , firm , crisp , juicy , very rich , and highly flavoured . Ripe about the middle of August , and very excellent . This is supposed to have been raised at Arbroath , in Forfarshire ; although there is a ...
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Flesh yellow , firm . Juice not plentiful , but sweet , and of a very good flavour . Ripe the end of August and beginning of September , and will not keep long . This is one of the sorts usually planted against walls in the Carse of ...
Flesh yellow , firm . Juice not plentiful , but sweet , and of a very good flavour . Ripe the end of August and beginning of September , and will not keep long . This is one of the sorts usually planted against walls in the Carse of ...
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Flesh firm , yellowish white , occasionally tinged with pink next the skin , with a rich and brisk flavour . A culinary apple from Michaelmas till Christmas . A very handsome and useful kind , supposed to have had its origin in ...
Flesh firm , yellowish white , occasionally tinged with pink next the skin , with a rich and brisk flavour . A culinary apple from Michaelmas till Christmas . A very handsome and useful kind , supposed to have had its origin in ...
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Flesh yellowish , firm , juicy , and rich , nearly as highly flavoured as that of the Golden Pippin . An excellent and beautiful dessert apple , ripening the end of October , but not in perfection after having been gathered a few weeks ...
Flesh yellowish , firm , juicy , and rich , nearly as highly flavoured as that of the Golden Pippin . An excellent and beautiful dessert apple , ripening the end of October , but not in perfection after having been gathered a few weeks ...
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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...