A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 100
Page 23
... broad as it is wide , with five obscure angles , extending from the sides into the crown . Eye small . Stalk short in a shallow base . Skin yellow , with numerous green specks imbedded , tinged with orange , and streaked with bright ...
... broad as it is wide , with five obscure angles , extending from the sides into the crown . Eye small . Stalk short in a shallow base . Skin yellow , with numerous green specks imbedded , tinged with orange , and streaked with bright ...
Page 26
... broad towards the base , and nar- rowed to the crown , broadly and irregularly ribbed on its sides , one of the angles generally being considerably more swelled than the rest ; about three inches and a half deep , and the same in ...
... broad towards the base , and nar- rowed to the crown , broadly and irregularly ribbed on its sides , one of the angles generally being considerably more swelled than the rest ; about three inches and a half deep , and the same in ...
Page 32
... broad , without angles , but at the crown higher on one side than on the other . Eye shallow , surrounded by a few plaits . Stalk rather fleshy . Skin a clear , pale , waxen yellow ; on the sunny side , shaded with deep orange ...
... broad , without angles , but at the crown higher on one side than on the other . Eye shallow , surrounded by a few plaits . Stalk rather fleshy . Skin a clear , pale , waxen yellow ; on the sunny side , shaded with deep orange ...
Page 33
... broad at the base , slightly angular on the sides , and tapering to the crown which is narrow . Eye very small , with a slender closed calyx , inserted in a narrow , plaited basin . Stalk short , slender , not protruding beyond the base ...
... broad at the base , slightly angular on the sides , and tapering to the crown which is narrow . Eye very small , with a slender closed calyx , inserted in a narrow , plaited basin . Stalk short , slender , not protruding beyond the base ...
Page 34
... broad shallow depression , some- times almost level , very slightly plaited . Stalk short , obliquely inserted , somewhat like a lemon , into a fleshy continuation of the fruit . Skin bright gold colour , sprinkled all over with ...
... broad shallow depression , some- times almost level , very slightly plaited . Stalk short , obliquely inserted , somewhat like a lemon , into a fleshy continuation of the fruit . Skin bright gold colour , sprinkled all over with ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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...