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... with a great many green dots intermixed ; greenish on the shaded side . Flesh greenish white ; when newly gathered , crisp , very juicy , mixed with a most agreeable acid . Ripe in August , and will keep till the end of September .
... with a great many green dots intermixed ; greenish on the shaded side . Flesh greenish white ; when newly gathered , crisp , very juicy , mixed with a most agreeable acid . Ripe in August , and will keep till the end of September .
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It is ready for tarts in July , and will keep till October or November . The Spring Grove Codlin was first brought into notice by Sir Joseph Banks , in a communication to the Horticultural Society of London , read April 3. 1810 . 10.
It is ready for tarts in July , and will keep till October or November . The Spring Grove Codlin was first brought into notice by Sir Joseph Banks , in a communication to the Horticultural Society of London , read April 3. 1810 . 10.
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Ripe in August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been introduced from Russia , where it is said to grow wild about Astracan , and was first brought into notice by William ...
Ripe in August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been introduced from Russia , where it is said to grow wild about Astracan , and was first brought into notice by William ...
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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 Gowrie . In this country it does well as an open standard , and is an abundant bearer .
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 Gowrie . In this country it does well as an open standard , and is an abundant bearer .
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It does not keep late , but is a most valuable apple for the kitchen while it lasts . Raised by the Rev. Dr. Symonds Breedon , in his garden at Bere Court , near Pangbourne , in Berkshire , and exhibited at the Horticultural Society ...
It does not keep late , but is a most valuable apple for the kitchen while it lasts . Raised by the Rev. Dr. Symonds Breedon , in his garden at Bere Court , near Pangbourne , in Berkshire , and exhibited at the Horticultural Society ...
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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...