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Fruit of the usual codlin shape , about three inches in diameter at the base , and two inches and three quar ters deep , slightly angular on its sides , and tapering to a narrow crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx ...
Fruit of the usual codlin shape , about three inches in diameter at the base , and two inches and three quar ters deep , slightly angular on its sides , and tapering to a narrow crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx ...
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Fruit of the first crop , depressed , spherical , nearly three inches in diameter , and about two inches deep ; three , or more frequently four slight ridges divide it lengthways , and give it a somewhat square outline .
Fruit of the first crop , depressed , spherical , nearly three inches in diameter , and about two inches deep ; three , or more frequently four slight ridges divide it lengthways , and give it a somewhat square outline .
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Fruit above the middle size , about two inches and three quarters deep , and three inches and a quarter in diameter ; somewhat irregularly round , with a few obtuse angles reaching to the crown , which is rather narrow and depressed .
Fruit above the middle size , about two inches and three quarters deep , and three inches and a quarter in diameter ; somewhat irregularly round , with a few obtuse angles reaching to the crown , which is rather narrow and depressed .
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Fruit above the middle size , rather irregularly formed , generally about three inches in diameter in one direction , and three inches and a quarter in another . When this irregularity happens , for it is not always the case , it arises ...
Fruit above the middle size , rather irregularly formed , generally about three inches in diameter in one direction , and three inches and a quarter in another . When this irregularity happens , for it is not always the case , it arises ...
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Fruit middle - sized , round , a little irregular in its outline , having two or three obtuse ribs swelling and lengthening one of its sides more than the other , about three inches in diameter , and two inches and a quarter deep .
Fruit middle - sized , round , a little irregular in its outline , having two or three obtuse ribs swelling and lengthening one of its sides more than the other , about three inches in diameter , and two inches and a quarter deep .
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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...