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... tender limbs of plants , reflect how delicate is that organisation upon which the life of their victim is dependent . Transplanting is , perhaps , that operation in which the greatest difficulty is generally found to exist , and in ...
... tender limbs of plants , reflect how delicate is that organisation upon which the life of their victim is dependent . Transplanting is , perhaps , that operation in which the greatest difficulty is generally found to exist , and in ...
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... 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 France are eaten fresh in July , the kernel being sweet and well ...
... 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 France are eaten fresh in July , the kernel being sweet and well ...
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... 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 . Fruit small , round , somewhat flattened at both ends , about one inch and three ...
... 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 . Fruit small , round , somewhat flattened at both ends , about one inch and three ...
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... 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 our gardens since the time ...
... 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 our gardens since the time ...
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... tender . Juice saccharine , with a mixture of acid , and a very slight per- fume . It is ready for tarts in July , and will keep till October or November . The Spring Grove Codlin was first brought into notice by Sir Joseph Banks , in a ...
... tender . Juice saccharine , with a mixture of acid , and a very slight per- fume . It is ready for tarts in July , and will keep till October or November . The Spring Grove Codlin was first brought into notice by Sir Joseph Banks , in a ...
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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...