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... rich , and melt- ing , and that hard , stony , astringent fruit , which even birds and animals refuse to eat ? Yet these are undoubted cases of improvement resulting from time and skill patiently and constantly in action . The constant ...
... rich , and melt- ing , and that hard , stony , astringent fruit , which even birds and animals refuse to eat ? Yet these are undoubted cases of improvement resulting from time and skill patiently and constantly in action . The constant ...
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... rich , and sweet . 5. AMANDE SULTANA . - This resembles the amande des dames , but is smaller . 6. AMANDE PISTACHE . - Is similar to the last , but still smaller . The two last varieties are peculiar to the south of France , and are not ...
... rich , and sweet . 5. AMANDE SULTANA . - This resembles the amande des dames , but is smaller . 6. AMANDE PISTACHE . - Is similar to the last , but still smaller . The two last varieties are peculiar to the south of France , and are not ...
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... rich sac- charine acid , but soon becomes mealy . Ripe about the middle of August . This very beautiful apple was imported from Sweden , and first fruited by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End , Paddington , in 1816. Fruit of it was ...
... rich sac- charine acid , but soon becomes mealy . Ripe about the middle of August . This very beautiful apple was imported from Sweden , and first fruited by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End , Paddington , in 1816. Fruit of it was ...
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... rich and agreeable . A very excellent autumn dessert apple , in perfection about the end of August , and will keep sound , till Christmas . It is a healthy , hardy variety , but better adapted for dwarfs than for standards . 22. EMPEROR ...
... rich and agreeable . A very excellent autumn dessert apple , in perfection about the end of August , and will keep sound , till Christmas . It is a healthy , hardy variety , but better adapted for dwarfs than for standards . 22. EMPEROR ...
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... rich and brisk flavour . A culinary apple from Michaelmas till Christmas . A very handsome and useful kind , supposed to have had its origin in Somersetshire , from whence specimens were first communicated to the Horticultural Society ...
... rich and brisk flavour . A culinary apple from Michaelmas till Christmas . A very handsome and useful kind , supposed to have had its origin in Somersetshire , from whence specimens were first communicated to 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...