A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... half in circumference , every way , with a narrow flat crown . Eye very small and open , divested of its calyx . Stalk half an inch long , somewhat protruded beyond the base . Skin bright gold - colour , full of pearly specks ; on the ...
... half in circumference , every way , with a narrow flat crown . Eye very small and open , divested of its calyx . Stalk half an inch long , somewhat protruded beyond the base . Skin bright gold - colour , full of pearly specks ; on the ...
Page 45
... half in diameter , perfectly free from angles on its sides . Eye small , almost closed , flat , surrounded by a few very small , angular , crumpled plaits . Stalk half an inch long , slender , deeply inserted , not protruding beyond the ...
... half in diameter , perfectly free from angles on its sides . Eye small , almost closed , flat , surrounded by a few very small , angular , crumpled plaits . Stalk half an inch long , slender , deeply inserted , not protruding beyond the ...
Page 48
... half in diameter , and two inches and a half deep . Eye rather large , closed , not deep , surrounded by four or five broad obtuse plaits . Stalk short , slender , deeply inserted in a narrow , un- even cavity . Skin grass - green ...
... half in diameter , and two inches and a half deep . Eye rather large , closed , not deep , surrounded by four or five broad obtuse plaits . Stalk short , slender , deeply inserted in a narrow , un- even cavity . Skin grass - green ...
Page 51
... half deep , and three inches in diameter . Eye rather small , with a closed calyx , sunk in a narrow regularly plaited basin . Stalk short , rather deeply sunk in a wide funnel - shaped cavity . Skin greenish yellow , interspersed with ...
... half deep , and three inches in diameter . Eye rather small , with a closed calyx , sunk in a narrow regularly plaited basin . Stalk short , rather deeply sunk in a wide funnel - shaped cavity . Skin greenish yellow , interspersed with ...
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... half deep , and one inch and a half or two inches in diameter . Eye small , angular , as are also the sides . Stalk short . Skin light bright orange , streaked and mottled with rich red and brown , occasionally a little russetty . Flesh ...
... half deep , and one inch and a half or two inches in diameter . Eye small , angular , as are also the sides . Stalk short . Skin light bright orange , streaked and mottled with rich red and brown , occasionally a little russetty . Flesh ...
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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...