A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... Quinces had been planted in the same orchards . Yet I find a caution 66 given to gardeners to plant Medlars and Quinces at a proper distance from Apples and Pears ; " both by Mr. FORSYTH , and by JOHN ABERCROMBIE , sixty years a ...
... Quinces had been planted in the same orchards . Yet I find a caution 66 given to gardeners to plant Medlars and Quinces at a proper distance from Apples and Pears ; " both by Mr. FORSYTH , and by JOHN ABERCROMBIE , sixty years a ...
Page 333
... quince stock , all such as have been ascertained to possess this property will be noticed at the end of the descriptions . SECT . I.- Summer . Round - fruited . 1. AMBROSIA . Switzer , p . 113 . Early Beurré . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 13 ...
... quince stock , all such as have been ascertained to possess this property will be noticed at the end of the descriptions . SECT . I.- Summer . Round - fruited . 1. AMBROSIA . Switzer , p . 113 . Early Beurré . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 13 ...
Page 334
... quince and the pear stock . 3. EARLY BERGAMOT . Pom . Mag . t . 101 . Fruit middle - sized , roundish , flattened , depressed at the eye , towards which it is slightly angular , about two and a half inches long , and two and three ...
... quince and the pear stock . 3. EARLY BERGAMOT . Pom . Mag . t . 101 . Fruit middle - sized , roundish , flattened , depressed at the eye , towards which it is slightly angular , about two and a half inches long , and two and three ...
Page 335
... quince as well as the pear stock . 5. FONDANTE DE BREST . Duhamel , No. 43. t . 17 . Inconnu Chêneau . Ib . Fruit middle - sized , slightly turbinate , but tapering both to the stalk and the crowm , about two and a half inches long ...
... quince as well as the pear stock . 5. FONDANTE DE BREST . Duhamel , No. 43. t . 17 . Inconnu Chêneau . Ib . Fruit middle - sized , slightly turbinate , but tapering both to the stalk and the crowm , about two and a half inches long ...
Page 336
... . Flesh tender , between melting and breaking , with a rich musky juice . Ripe the end of July and beginning of August . This grows strong on the pear , middling on the quince . 9. ORANGE MUSQUÉE . Miller , No. 9. Duhamel , 336 PEARS .
... . Flesh tender , between melting and breaking , with a rich musky juice . Ripe the end of July and beginning of August . This grows strong on the pear , middling on the quince . 9. ORANGE MUSQUÉE . Miller , No. 9. Duhamel , 336 PEARS .
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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...