A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... narrow . It seems that cross fertilisation will not take place at all , or very rarely , between different species , unless these species are nearly related to each other ; and that the offspring of the two distinct species is itself ...
... narrow . It seems that cross fertilisation will not take place at all , or very rarely , between different species , unless these species are nearly related to each other ; and that the offspring of the two distinct species is itself ...
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... narrow strip in both stock and scion , great care must be taken that they are both placed as exactly in contact with each other as possible , so that the line of separation of the wood and bark should , in both stock and scion , be ...
... narrow strip in both stock and scion , great care must be taken that they are both placed as exactly in contact with each other as possible , so that the line of separation of the wood and bark should , in both stock and scion , be ...
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... narrow cavity . Skin pale yellow , with a slight pale tinge of red on the sunny side . Flesh crisp , but soon becomes mealy . Juice a little sugary , with a slight perfume . Ripe the end of July and beginning of August . 5. MARGARET ...
... narrow cavity . Skin pale yellow , with a slight pale tinge of red on the sunny side . Flesh crisp , but soon becomes mealy . Juice a little sugary , with a slight perfume . Ripe the end of July and beginning of August . 5. MARGARET ...
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... narrow basin , surrounded by several unequal plaits . Stalk short , slender , in a funnel - shaped cavity , even with the base . Skin pale yellow , with numerous small pearl - coloured imbedded specks , and slightly tinged with orange ...
... narrow basin , surrounded by several unequal plaits . Stalk short , slender , in a funnel - shaped cavity , even with the base . Skin pale yellow , with numerous small pearl - coloured imbedded specks , and slightly tinged with orange ...
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... narrow crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx , slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather short , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny ...
... narrow crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx , slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather short , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny ...
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apex apple from November August Bergamot Beurré Black branches brown buds bunches calyx cavity Chiswick colour crown cultivated deep purple deeply inserted dessert apple Duhamel Early espalier excellent Eye small Flesh firm Flesh pale Flesh white Flesh yellowish Flowers Forsyth Frontignan Fruit large Fruit middle-sized garden glands greenish yellow half an inch Herefordshire high flavoured Hort Horticultural inch long inches and three Juice plentiful juicy Langley Lindl melting Mignonne Miller Muscadine Muscat of Alexandria Nectarines Nonpareil Nursery Catalogues oblong open standard oval Parmain Pavie Peach Pear Pippin plaits plants pruning purple quarters in diameter Quince rich Ripe the beginning Ripe the end Ripe the middle ripened round roundish russet russetty saccharine Scarlet Sea Kale seed shaded side shoots slender sorts specks Stalk an inch Stalk half Stalk short stone sugary sunny side suture sweet three inches tinged Trans tree Twickenham Violet wall
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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...