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This apple has very much the appearance of a small Nonesuch , from which it has probably originated . Its branches are spurred in the same manner , and it bears equally as well and as soon . A great many trees of it have lately been ...
This apple has very much the appearance of a small Nonesuch , from which it has probably originated . Its branches are spurred in the same manner , and it bears equally as well and as soon . A great many trees of it have lately been ...
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It is said to have originated at Hawthornden , near Edinburgh , where Drummond the poet was born . 28. HOARY MORNING . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 455 . Pom . Mag . t . 53 . Dainty apple . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 234. , according to the Pom .
It is said to have originated at Hawthornden , near Edinburgh , where Drummond the poet was born . 28. HOARY MORNING . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 455 . Pom . Mag . t . 53 . Dainty apple . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 234. , according to the Pom .
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This very valuable apple is said to have originated in the neighbourhood of Keswick , in Cumberland . Its young fruit may be gathered for tarts in the month of June , when scarcely any other young apple is fit for use .
This very valuable apple is said to have originated in the neighbourhood of Keswick , in Cumberland . Its young fruit may be gathered for tarts in the month of June , when scarcely any other young apple is fit for use .
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It is said that this apple has originated in Herefordshire , where it is at present but little known : it is very handsome , and of considerable merit . 59. MANKS CODLIN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No.
It is said that this apple has originated in Herefordshire , where it is at present but little known : it is very handsome , and of considerable merit . 59. MANKS CODLIN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No.
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It originated in a small garden near Surry - street Gates , Norwich , about sixty years ago ; and was first propagated by myself in 1793 , when I gave it the above name . The original tree , owing to improper treatment , died about ...
It originated in a small garden near Surry - street Gates , Norwich , about sixty years ago ; and was first propagated by myself in 1793 , when I gave it the above name . The original tree , owing to improper treatment , died about ...
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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...