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... constantly operating with delicacy will enable a gardener to succeed with certainty in cases in which a bungling practitioner would be sure to fail . Little do those who crush with rude hands the tender limbs of plants , reflect how ...
... constantly operating with delicacy will enable a gardener to succeed with certainty in cases in which a bungling practitioner would be sure to fail . Little do those who crush with rude hands the tender limbs of plants , reflect how ...
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Much resembles the last in appearance and colour , but it has a tender shell ; one side is usually straight , and the other rounded . This sort is budded upon the others , and is grown in gardens to produce the young almonds , which in ...
Much resembles the last in appearance and colour , but it has a tender shell ; one side is usually straight , and the other rounded . This sort is budded upon the others , and is grown in gardens to produce the young almonds , which in ...
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Skin marked with brownish red , intermixed with some streaks of deeper red ; the shaded side yellowish green , sprinkled with small brown dots . Flesh white , tender , juicy , rich , and very highly flavoured .
Skin marked with brownish red , intermixed with some streaks of deeper red ; the shaded side yellowish green , sprinkled with small brown dots . Flesh white , tender , juicy , rich , and very highly flavoured .
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Flesh white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , and highly perfumed . A dessert apple , of first - rate excellence , from the middle of August to the end . This is the true Margaret apple of MILLER , and has been in ...
Flesh white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , and highly perfumed . A dessert apple , of first - rate excellence , from the middle of August to the end . This is the true Margaret apple of MILLER , and has been in ...
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Flesh greenish yellow , tender . Juice saccharine , with a mixture of acid , and a very slight perfume . It is ready for tarts in July , and will keep till October or November . The Spring Grove Codlin was first brought into notice by ...
Flesh greenish yellow , tender . Juice saccharine , with a mixture of acid , and a very slight perfume . It is ready for tarts in July , and will keep till October or November . The Spring Grove Codlin was first brought into notice by ...
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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...