A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... shaded side , sometimes broken by a silvery appearance of the epidermis ; on the sunny side , striped with crimson red on a ground of paler red ; rather trans- parent . Flesh white , firm , juicy , with a sweet , brisk , sub - acid ...
... shaded side , sometimes broken by a silvery appearance of the epidermis ; on the sunny side , striped with crimson red on a ground of paler red ; rather trans- parent . Flesh white , firm , juicy , with a sweet , brisk , sub - acid ...
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... shaded side yellowish green , sprinkled with small brown dots . Flesh white , tender , juicy , rich , and very highly flavoured . A dessert apple , ripe in August . 4. JUNEATING . Ray ( 1688 ) , No. 1. Langley Pom . t . 74. f . 2 ...
... shaded side yellowish green , sprinkled with small brown dots . Flesh white , tender , juicy , rich , and very highly flavoured . A dessert apple , ripe in August . 4. JUNEATING . Ray ( 1688 ) , No. 1. Langley Pom . t . 74. f . 2 ...
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... shaded side . Flesh greenish white ; when newly gathered , crisp , very juicy , mixed with a most agreeable acid . Ripe in August , and will keep till the end of Sep- tember . This is said to be a Devonshire apple , although I find no ...
... shaded side . Flesh greenish white ; when newly gathered , crisp , very juicy , mixed with a most agreeable acid . Ripe in August , and will keep till the end of Sep- tember . This is said to be a Devonshire apple , although I find no ...
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... shaded side into a pale lemon colour , and marked throughout with pale scattered dots . Flesh whitish , firm , very juicy , sweet and agreeable , without perfume . Ripe the end of August , and will keep ten days or a fortnight . A very ...
... shaded side into a pale lemon colour , and marked throughout with pale scattered dots . Flesh whitish , firm , very juicy , sweet and agreeable , without perfume . Ripe the end of August , and will keep ten days or a fortnight . A very ...
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... shaded with deeper streaks on the sunny side . Flesh white , slightly tinged with red next the core . Juice not plentiful , but pretty well flavoured . Ripe in August and September . The French gardeners pretend to distinguish all their ...
... shaded with deeper streaks on the sunny side . Flesh white , slightly tinged with red next the core . Juice not plentiful , but pretty well flavoured . Ripe in August and September . The French gardeners pretend to distinguish all their ...
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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...