A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... russet , with a little coarse russet surround- ing the stalk . The greatest part of the red colour is covered with a delicate white bloom like that of a plum , which gives it somewhat the appearance of a peach . Flesh white , crisp ...
... russet , with a little coarse russet surround- ing the stalk . The greatest part of the red colour is covered with a delicate white bloom like that of a plum , which gives it somewhat the appearance of a peach . Flesh white , crisp ...
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... russet . Flesh crisp , pale yellow . Juice saccharine and aromatic . A dessert apple from Michaelmas to Christmas . Cul- tivated in Kent under this name . I received specimens of this apple from Mr. Kirke of Brompton in 1819 . 21. COLE ...
... russet . Flesh crisp , pale yellow . Juice saccharine and aromatic . A dessert apple from Michaelmas to Christmas . Cul- tivated in Kent under this name . I received specimens of this apple from Mr. Kirke of Brompton in 1819 . 21. COLE ...
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... russet . Skin pale green on the shaded side ; on that exposed to the sun , of a very pure , clear yellow , free from specks . Flesh pale greenish yellow , firm , crisp . Juice abundant , saccharine , and highly flavoured . A dessert ...
... russet . Skin pale green on the shaded side ; on that exposed to the sun , of a very pure , clear yellow , free from specks . Flesh pale greenish yellow , firm , crisp . Juice abundant , saccharine , and highly flavoured . A dessert ...
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... russet , and a little tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellowish , crisp . Juice sac- charine , with a very pleasant . aromatic flavour . A very neat and excellent dessert apple in November and De- cember . Raised ...
... russet , and a little tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellowish , crisp . Juice sac- charine , with a very pleasant . aromatic flavour . A very neat and excellent dessert apple in November and De- cember . Raised ...
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... russet , of a bright red intermixed with russet on the sunny side . Flesh firm , crisp , never becoming mealy . Juice plentiful , of a rich saccharine flavour . An Irish dessert apple , ripen- ing in October , and continuing till ...
... russet , of a bright red intermixed with russet on the sunny side . Flesh firm , crisp , never becoming mealy . Juice plentiful , of a rich saccharine flavour . An Irish dessert apple , ripen- ing in October , and continuing till ...
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apex apple from November August Bergamot Beurré Black branches brown buds bunches calyx cavity Chiswick colour crown cultivated deep purple deeply inserted dessert apple Duhamel Early espalier excellent Eye small Flesh firm Flesh pale Flesh white Flesh yellowish Flowers Forsyth Frontignan Fruit large Fruit middle-sized garden glands greenish yellow half an inch Herefordshire high flavoured Hort Horticultural inch long inches and three Juice plentiful juicy Langley Lindl melting Mignonne Miller Muscadine Muscat of Alexandria Nectarines Nonpareil Nursery Catalogues oblong open standard oval Parmain Pavie Peach Pear Pippin plaits plants pruning purple quarters in diameter Quince rich Ripe the beginning Ripe the end Ripe the middle ripened round roundish russet russetty saccharine Scarlet Sea Kale seed shaded side shoots slender sorts specks Stalk an inch Stalk half Stalk short stone sugary sunny side suture sweet three inches tinged Trans tree Twickenham Violet wall
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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...