A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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Page 21
... half deep , and two inches in diameter . Eye small , with a very small closed calyx , placed in a shallow and rather angular basin . Stalk three quarters of an inch long , very slender , one half projecting beyond the base of the fruit ...
... half deep , and two inches in diameter . Eye small , with a very small closed calyx , placed in a shallow and rather angular basin . Stalk three quarters of an inch long , very slender , one half projecting beyond the base of the fruit ...
Page 26
... half an inch , rather deeply inserted , just protruding beyond the base . Skin bright gold , with a few pearly specks imbedded . Flesh yellowish white , very tender and delicate . Juice plenti- ful , rich , and highly flavoured . A ...
... half an inch , rather deeply inserted , just protruding beyond the base . Skin bright gold , with a few pearly specks imbedded . Flesh yellowish white , very tender and delicate . Juice plenti- ful , rich , and highly flavoured . A ...
Page 31
... half deep , and three inches in diameter . Eye large , deep , in an even , very little plaited , hollow . Stalk an inch long , slender , about half inserted in a funnel - shaped cavity . Skin smooth , pale orange yellow , generally ...
... half deep , and three inches in diameter . Eye large , deep , in an even , very little plaited , hollow . Stalk an inch long , slender , about half inserted in a funnel - shaped cavity . Skin smooth , pale orange yellow , generally ...
Page 33
... half or three inches deep , and three and a quarter or three inches and a half in diameter . Eye open , seated rather deeply in an oblique , uneven , obtusely angled basin . Stalk half an inch long , in a somewhat shallow cavity , not ...
... half or three inches deep , and three and a quarter or three inches and a half in diameter . Eye open , seated rather deeply in an oblique , uneven , obtusely angled basin . Stalk half an inch long , in a somewhat shallow cavity , not ...
Page 36
... half an inch long , moderately thick . Skin pale yellow , slightly tinged with red on the sunny side , and sprinkled ... half in diameter . Eye rather small , nearly closed by short , acute segments of the calyx , in a round rather well ...
... half an inch long , moderately thick . Skin pale yellow , slightly tinged with red on the sunny side , and sprinkled ... half in diameter . Eye rather small , nearly closed by short , acute segments of the calyx , in a round rather well ...
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apex apple from November August Bergamot Beurré Black branches brown buds bunches calyx cavity Chiswick colour crown cultivated deep purple deeply inserted dessert apple Duhamel Early espalier excellent Eye small Flesh firm Flesh pale Flesh white Flesh yellowish Flowers Forsyth Frontignan Fruit large Fruit middle-sized garden glands greenish yellow half an inch Herefordshire high flavoured Hort Horticultural inch long inches and three Juice plentiful juicy Langley Lindl melting Mignonne Miller Muscadine Muscat of Alexandria Nectarines Nonpareil Nursery Catalogues oblong open standard oval Parmain Pavie Peach Pear Pippin plaits plants pruning purple quarters in diameter Quince rich Ripe the beginning Ripe the end Ripe the middle ripened round roundish russet russetty saccharine Scarlet Sea Kale seed shaded side shoots slender sorts specks Stalk an inch Stalk half Stalk short stone sugary sunny side suture sweet three inches tinged Trans tree Twickenham Violet wall
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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...