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taken from the finest existing kinds ; but also that the most handsome , the largest and the most perfectly ripened specimens should be those that supply the seed . A seedling plant will always partake more or less of the character of ...
taken from the finest existing kinds ; but also that the most handsome , the largest and the most perfectly ripened specimens should be those that supply the seed . A seedling plant will always partake more or less of the character of ...
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The fruit of April - flowering ripen mostly in August , and are usually eaten during harvest . Those of the second flowering succeed the first , and may be brought to table till the end of October ; they are quite as good as the first ...
The fruit of April - flowering ripen mostly in August , and are usually eaten during harvest . Those of the second flowering succeed the first , and may be brought to table till the end of October ; they are quite as good as the first ...
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... growth by the frost , they may be placed in the fruitroom , where they ripen very well , and keep till November . ... are much less abundant than the two first , and the fruit which they produce is small , and imperfectly ripened .
... growth by the frost , they may be placed in the fruitroom , where they ripen very well , and keep till November . ... are much less abundant than the two first , and the fruit which they produce is small , and imperfectly ripened .
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Skin pale greenish yellow , becoming bright yellow when highly ripened , marbled and streaked with red on the sunny side , like the Nonesuch . Flesh pale yellowish white , tender . Juice rather thin , smart , slightly saccharine ...
Skin pale greenish yellow , becoming bright yellow when highly ripened , marbled and streaked with red on the sunny side , like the Nonesuch . Flesh pale yellowish white , tender . Juice rather thin , smart , slightly saccharine ...
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An excellent and beautiful dessert apple , ripening the end of October , but not in perfection after having been gathered a few weeks . This and the yellow Ingestrie sprang from two seeds taken from the same cell of an Orange Pippin ...
An excellent and beautiful dessert apple , ripening the end of October , but not in perfection after having been gathered a few weeks . This and the yellow Ingestrie sprang from two seeds taken from the same cell of an Orange Pippin ...
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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...