A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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Page 14
... inch long , not protruded beyond the base . Skin greenish yellow , slightly streaked with red , but on the sunny side beautifully marbled , and streaked with bright red and orange . Flesh yellowish white , crisp , and very tender ...
... inch long , not protruded beyond the base . Skin greenish yellow , slightly streaked with red , but on the sunny side beautifully marbled , and streaked with bright red and orange . Flesh yellowish white , crisp , and very tender ...
Page 21
... inch and a half deep , and two inches in diameter . Eye small , with a very small closed calyx , placed in a shallow and rather angular basin . Stalk three quarters of an inch long , very slender , one half projecting beyond the base of ...
... inch and a half deep , and two inches in diameter . Eye small , with a very small closed calyx , placed in a shallow and rather angular basin . Stalk three quarters of an inch long , very slender , one half projecting beyond the base of ...
Page 22
... inches and a quarter deep , and two inches and three quarters in diameter . Eye small , nearly closed , in a shallow depression , surrounded by a few wrinkled plaits . Stalk half an inch long , very slender , sunk in a funnel - shaped ...
... inches and a quarter deep , and two inches and three quarters in diameter . Eye small , nearly closed , in a shallow depression , surrounded by a few wrinkled plaits . Stalk half an inch long , very slender , sunk in a funnel - shaped ...
Page 30
... length of the fruit , in the manner of the French Codlin . Eye pretty large , an inch deep . Stalk half an inch long , strong , not projecting beyond the base . Skin yellow , with a deep blush or pale red on the sunny side . Flesh ...
... length of the fruit , in the manner of the French Codlin . Eye pretty large , an inch deep . Stalk half an inch long , strong , not projecting beyond the base . Skin yellow , with a deep blush or pale red on the sunny side . Flesh ...
Page 33
... inches deep , and three and a quarter or three inches and a half in diameter . Eye open , seated rather deeply in an oblique , uneven , obtusely angled basin . Stalk half an inch long , in a somewhat shallow cavity , not protrud- ing ...
... inches deep , and three and a quarter or three inches and a half in diameter . Eye open , seated rather deeply in an oblique , uneven , obtusely angled basin . Stalk half an inch long , in a somewhat shallow cavity , not protrud- ing ...
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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...