A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... 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 Horticultural Society of ...
... 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 Horticultural Society of ...
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... juicy , rich , and very highly flavoured . A dessert apple , ripe in August . 4. JUNEATING . Ray ( 1688 ) , No. 1. Langley Pom . t . 74. f . 2 . Fruit small , round , somewhat flattened at both ends , about one inch and three quarters ...
... juicy , rich , and very highly flavoured . A dessert apple , ripe in August . 4. JUNEATING . Ray ( 1688 ) , No. 1. Langley Pom . t . 74. f . 2 . Fruit small , round , somewhat flattened at both ends , about one inch and three quarters ...
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... 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 tradition of its having been brought from France ...
... 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 tradition of its having been brought from France ...
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... juicy , mixed with a most agreeable acid . Ripe in August , and will keep till the end of Sep- tember . This is said to be a Devonshire apple , although I find no such name as Quarenden in the county 6 APPLES . Beans.
... juicy , mixed with a most agreeable acid . Ripe in August , and will keep till the end of Sep- tember . This is said to be a Devonshire apple , although I find no such name as Quarenden in the county 6 APPLES . Beans.
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... juicy , sweet and agreeable , without perfume . Ripe the end of August , and will keep ten days or a fortnight . A very beautiful and excellent little dessert apple . 11. WHITE ASTRACAN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 23 . Pom . Mag . t . 96 ...
... juicy , sweet and agreeable , without perfume . Ripe the end of August , and will keep ten days or a fortnight . A very beautiful and excellent little dessert apple . 11. WHITE ASTRACAN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 23 . Pom . Mag . t . 96 ...
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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...