A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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Page 34
... colour ; on the sunny side , especially near the crown , it is wholly deep red . Flesh soft , white , tinctured more or less with pale red to the core . Cells large , open , five- angled . Juice sweet , but not rich . A culinary apple ...
... colour ; on the sunny side , especially near the crown , it is wholly deep red . Flesh soft , white , tinctured more or less with pale red to the core . Cells large , open , five- angled . Juice sweet , but not rich . A culinary apple ...
Page 39
... colour . Flesh yellow , breaking , sweet , juicy , extremely pleasant , and high flavoured . A dessert apple from ... coloured specks ; when fully exposed to the sun it is of a beau- tiful brilliant red , extending nearly round its base ...
... colour . Flesh yellow , breaking , sweet , juicy , extremely pleasant , and high flavoured . A dessert apple from ... coloured specks ; when fully exposed to the sun it is of a beau- tiful brilliant red , extending nearly round its base ...
Page 48
... colour , and dashed with broken stripes of dull , dark , muddy red . Flesh pale green , or greenish white , very firm and crisp . Juice plentiful , slightly saccharine , with a very brisk acid , and slight pleasant perfume . A culinary ...
... colour , and dashed with broken stripes of dull , dark , muddy red . Flesh pale green , or greenish white , very firm and crisp . Juice plentiful , slightly saccharine , with a very brisk acid , and slight pleasant perfume . A culinary ...
Page 51
... colour surrounding the stalk . Flesh greenish white , firm , crisp . Juice saccharine , with a brisk acid , and a slight aromatic flavour . A dessert apple from December till May or June . Lately sent to this country by David Hosack ...
... colour surrounding the stalk . Flesh greenish white , firm , crisp . Juice saccharine , with a brisk acid , and a slight aromatic flavour . A dessert apple from December till May or June . Lately sent to this country by David Hosack ...
Page 61
... colour , sprinkled with whitish spots near the base . Flesh yellowish , firm , crisp . Juice saccharine , rich ... colour , covered with a very thin grey russet , especially near the eye , and tinged with a pale salmon - coloured blush ...
... colour , sprinkled with whitish spots near the base . Flesh yellowish , firm , crisp . Juice saccharine , rich ... colour , covered with a very thin grey russet , especially near the eye , and tinged with a pale salmon - coloured blush ...
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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 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...