A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... cavity . Skin bright deep yellow , somewhat scabrous , with a tinge of green , sprinkled with numerous grey and dark - coloured specks or spots . Flesh pale yellow , crisp , tender . Juice rich , of a poignant aromatic flavour . A most ...
... cavity . Skin bright deep yellow , somewhat scabrous , with a tinge of green , sprinkled with numerous grey and dark - coloured specks or spots . Flesh pale yellow , crisp , tender . Juice rich , of a poignant aromatic flavour . A most ...
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... cavity . 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 ...
... cavity . 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 ...
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... 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 tender . Juice plentiful , a little ...
... 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 tender . Juice plentiful , a little ...
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... cavity , and protruding but little beyond the base . Skin pale green , tinged with pale red , and marked with short streaks of a darker colour ; on the sunny side , of a still deeper red . Flesh very tender , snow - white , juice sugary ...
... cavity , and protruding but little beyond the base . Skin pale green , tinged with pale red , and marked with short streaks of a darker colour ; on the sunny side , of a still deeper red . Flesh very tender , snow - white , juice sugary ...
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... cavity . Skin pale green , becoming yellow , tinged with orange where exposed to the sun , slightly marked with thin russet . Flesh yellowish white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , combined with a smart brisk ...
... cavity . Skin pale green , becoming yellow , tinged with orange where exposed to the sun , slightly marked with thin russet . Flesh yellowish white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , combined with a smart brisk ...
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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...