A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... oval shape , and thicker in proportion than the others ; the shell being light - coloured , porous , and tender ; the kernel plump , rich , and sweet . 5. AMANDE SULTANA . - This resembles the amande des dames , but is smaller . 6 ...
... oval shape , and thicker in proportion than the others ; the shell being light - coloured , porous , and tender ; the kernel plump , rich , and sweet . 5. AMANDE SULTANA . - This resembles the amande des dames , but is smaller . 6 ...
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... oval , rather broadest at the base . Eye slightly sunk in an even hollow , surrounded by very minute plaits , generally closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk short , slender , in a deep cavity . Skin bright deep yellow , somewhat ...
... oval , rather broadest at the base . Eye slightly sunk in an even hollow , surrounded by very minute plaits , generally closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk short , slender , in a deep cavity . Skin bright deep yellow , somewhat ...
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... oval , flattened at the eye , round which are small regular plaits . Stalk short , sometimes thickened and fleshy , inserted in a contracted cavity , with a projection of the fruit on one side ; one or more sharp ridges or lines are ...
... oval , flattened at the eye , round which are small regular plaits . Stalk short , sometimes thickened and fleshy , inserted in a contracted cavity , with a projection of the fruit on one side ; one or more sharp ridges or lines are ...
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... oval , approaching to conical , rather angular . Eye rather small , with a short erect calyx , somewhat deeply sunk , and surrounded by a few even plaits . Stalk short , deeply inserted . Skin green- ish yellow , streaked and spotted ...
... oval , approaching to conical , rather angular . Eye rather small , with a short erect calyx , somewhat deeply sunk , and surrounded by a few even plaits . Stalk short , deeply inserted . Skin green- ish yellow , streaked and spotted ...
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... apple from November to February . 107. ROBINSON'S PIPPIN . Forsyth , Ed . 7. No. 176 . Hooker . Pom . Lond . t . 42 . Fruit about the size of a Golden Pippin , oval , flat- tened at both extremities . Eye well formed , open 56 APPLES .
... apple from November to February . 107. ROBINSON'S PIPPIN . Forsyth , Ed . 7. No. 176 . Hooker . Pom . Lond . t . 42 . Fruit about the size of a Golden Pippin , oval , flat- tened at both extremities . Eye well formed , open 56 APPLES .
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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 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...