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Skin pale yellow , with numerous small pearl - coloured imbedded specks , and slightly tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , and highly perfumed .
Skin pale yellow , with numerous small pearl - coloured imbedded specks , and slightly tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , and highly perfumed .
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Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side . 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 ...
Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side . 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 ...
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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 Calvilles , when cut transversely , by a ...
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 Calvilles , when cut transversely , by a ...
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... tinged with rose - coloured stains , especially on the edge of the petals . Mons . Thouin very justly remarks , " that the dense , dark green , shining foliage during three fourths of the year , enamelled with numerous bunches of ...
... tinged with rose - coloured stains , especially on the edge of the petals . Mons . Thouin very justly remarks , " that the dense , dark green , shining foliage during three fourths of the year , enamelled with numerous bunches of ...
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Eye small and contracted , surrounded by prominent angles extending from the ribs . Stalk three quarters of an inch long , lengthened beyond the base . Skin dull yellow or olive on the shaded side ; of a muddy brown , tinged with bright ...
Eye small and contracted , surrounded by prominent angles extending from the ribs . Stalk three quarters of an inch long , lengthened beyond the base . Skin dull yellow or olive on the shaded side ; of a muddy brown , tinged with bright ...
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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...