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Skin pale yellow , with numerous small pearl - coloured imbedded specks , and slightly tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , and highly perfumed .
Skin pale yellow , with numerous small pearl - coloured imbedded specks , and slightly tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , and highly perfumed .
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Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellow , tender . Juice saccharine , with a mixture of acid , and a very slight perfume . It is ready for tarts in July , and will keep till October or ...
Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellow , tender . Juice saccharine , with a mixture of acid , and a very slight perfume . It is ready for tarts in July , and will keep till October or ...
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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 . Juice sugary , and of a rich aromatic flavour .
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 . Juice sugary , and of a rich aromatic flavour .
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Skin pale yellow , spotted and marbled with orange , with numerous broken stripes and patches of brick - red on the sunny side . Flesh white , soft , and tender . Juice plentiful , a little saccharine , and slightly perfumed .
Skin pale yellow , spotted and marbled with orange , with numerous broken stripes and patches of brick - red on the sunny side . Flesh white , soft , and tender . Juice plentiful , a little saccharine , and slightly perfumed .
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Skin pale , dull yellow , very much covered with a rough grey russet , and a little tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellowish , crisp . Juice saccharine , with a very pleasant . aromatic flavour .
Skin pale , dull yellow , very much covered with a rough grey russet , and a little tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellowish , crisp . Juice saccharine , with a very pleasant . aromatic flavour .
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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...