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The nut exceeds an inch in length , is of an oval shape , and thicker in proportion than the others ; the shell being light - coloured , porous , and tender ; the kernel plump , rich , and sweet . 5. AMANDE SULTANA .
The nut exceeds an inch in length , is of an oval shape , and thicker in proportion than the others ; the shell being light - coloured , porous , and tender ; the kernel plump , rich , and sweet . 5. AMANDE SULTANA .
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Fruit middle sized , oval , rather broadest at the base . Eye slightly sunk in an even hollow , surrounded by very minute plaits , generally closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk short , slender , in a deep cavity .
Fruit middle sized , oval , rather broadest at the base . Eye slightly sunk in an even hollow , surrounded by very minute plaits , generally closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk short , slender , in a deep cavity .
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Fruit middle sized , oval , flattened at the eye , round which are small regular plaits . Stalk short , sometimes thickened and fleshy , inserted in a contracted cavity , with a projection of the fruit on one side ; one or more sharp ...
Fruit middle sized , oval , flattened at the eye , round which are small regular plaits . Stalk short , sometimes thickened and fleshy , inserted in a contracted cavity , with a projection of the fruit on one side ; one or more sharp ...
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Fruit middle - sized , oval , approaching to conical , rather angular . Eye rather small , with a short erect calyx , somewhat deeply sunk , and surrounded by a few even plaits . Stalk short , deeply inserted .
Fruit middle - sized , oval , approaching to conical , rather angular . Eye rather small , with a short erect calyx , somewhat deeply sunk , and surrounded by a few even plaits . Stalk short , deeply inserted .
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Juice saccharine and highly flavoured . A dessert apple from November to February . 107. ROBINSON'S PIPPIN . Forsyth , Ed . 7. No. 176 . Hooker . Pom . Lond . t . 42 . Fruit about the size of a Golden Pippin , oval , flattened at both ...
Juice saccharine and highly flavoured . A dessert apple from November to February . 107. ROBINSON'S PIPPIN . Forsyth , Ed . 7. No. 176 . Hooker . Pom . Lond . t . 42 . Fruit about the size of a Golden Pippin , oval , flattened at both ...
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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...