A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or, An Account of the Most Valuable Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain: with Kalendars of the Work Required in the Orchard and Kitchen Garden During Every Month in the Year |
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Page xvii
... covered with mats , and carefully ex- cluded from the influence of that solar light which is indispensable to them , have , whatever may be their ex- a ternal beauty , none of that luscious flavour which the INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... covered with mats , and carefully ex- cluded from the influence of that solar light which is indispensable to them , have , whatever may be their ex- a ternal beauty , none of that luscious flavour which the INTRODUCTION . xvii.
Page xxvi
... covered with dew , and in half an hour the perspiration was running off the glass . In damp or wet weather this evaporation is least ; in hot dry weather it is great- This loss has all to be supplied by the moisture introduced into the ...
... covered with dew , and in half an hour the perspiration was running off the glass . In damp or wet weather this evaporation is least ; in hot dry weather it is great- This loss has all to be supplied by the moisture introduced into the ...
Page 10
... covered with a bright red . Flesh yellow , firm . Juice not plentiful , but sweet , and of a very good flavour . Ripe the end of August and beginning of September , and will not keep long . This is one of the sorts usually planted ...
... covered with a bright red . Flesh yellow , firm . Juice not plentiful , but sweet , and of a very good flavour . Ripe the end of August and beginning of September , and will not keep long . This is one of the sorts usually planted ...
Page 18
... covered with a fine bloom , with broad , broken , irregular stripes of red next the sun , and paler and more distant marking of the same kind in the shade . Flesh firm , yellowish white , occasionally tinged with pink next the skin ...
... covered with a fine bloom , with broad , broken , irregular stripes of red next the sun , and paler and more distant marking of the same kind in the shade . Flesh firm , yellowish white , occasionally tinged with pink next the skin ...
Page 21
... covered with a rough grey russet , and a little tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellowish , crisp . Juice sac- charine , with a very pleasant . aromatic flavour . A very neat and excellent dessert apple in November ...
... covered with a rough grey russet , and a little tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellowish , crisp . Juice sac- charine , with a very pleasant . aromatic flavour . A very neat and excellent dessert apple in November ...
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A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or, an Account of the Most Valuable ... George Lindley No preview available - 2020 |
A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden; Or, an Account of the Most Valuable ... John Lindley,George Lindley No preview available - 2015 |
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