A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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Page 5
... slender , in a funnel - shaped cavity , even with the base . 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 ...
... slender , in a funnel - shaped cavity , even with the base . 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 ...
Page 11
... slender and deeply inserted . Skin pale yellow , beauti- fully variegated with broken stripes of red . Flesh crisp , very juicy , with a high flavoured acidity . It does not keep late , but is a most valuable apple for the kitchen while ...
... slender and deeply inserted . Skin pale yellow , beauti- fully variegated with broken stripes of red . Flesh crisp , very juicy , with a high flavoured acidity . It does not keep late , but is a most valuable apple for the kitchen while ...
Page 13
... slender , rather deeply sunk , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , becoming bright yel- low when highly ripened , marbled and streaked with red on the sunny side , like the Nonesuch . Flesh pale yellowish white ...
... slender , rather deeply sunk , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , becoming bright yel- low when highly ripened , marbled and streaked with red on the sunny side , like the Nonesuch . Flesh pale yellowish white ...
Page 20
... slender , inserted in a shallow cavity , seldom projecting beyond the base . Skin pale yellow , spotted and marbled with orange , with numerous broken stripes and patches of brick - red on the sunny side . Flesh white , soft , and ...
... slender , inserted in a shallow cavity , seldom projecting beyond the base . Skin pale yellow , spotted and marbled with orange , with numerous broken stripes and patches of brick - red on the sunny side . Flesh white , soft , and ...
Page 21
... slender , one half projecting beyond the base of the fruit . Skin pale , dull yellow , very much covered with a rough grey russet , and a little tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellowish , crisp . Juice sac ...
... slender , one half projecting beyond the base of the fruit . Skin pale , dull yellow , very much covered with a rough grey russet , and a little tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellowish , crisp . Juice sac ...
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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...