A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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Page 8
... juicy , crisp , very pleasant and delicate . Ripe in August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been introduced from Russia , where it is said to grow wild about Astracan , and ...
... juicy , crisp , very pleasant and delicate . Ripe in August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been introduced from Russia , where it is said to grow wild about Astracan , and ...
Page 9
... juicy , breaking , sub - acid , very rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour . Ripe the beginning and middle of August . A very good early apple , but soon grows mealy . 14. RED CALVILLE . Calville d'Eté . Duhamel 1 ...
... juicy , breaking , sub - acid , very rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour . Ripe the beginning and middle of August . A very good early apple , but soon grows mealy . 14. RED CALVILLE . Calville d'Eté . Duhamel 1 ...
Page 10
... juicy , with a most agreeable , lively , sweetish sub - acid flavour . An excellent summer apple , ripe the beginning of August , but if kept above a week or ten days it becomes soft and mealy . This appears to be of Russian origin ...
... juicy , with a most agreeable , lively , sweetish sub - acid flavour . An excellent summer apple , ripe the beginning of August , but if kept above a week or ten days it becomes soft and mealy . This appears to be of Russian origin ...
Page 11
... juicy , with a high flavoured acidity . It does not keep late , but is a most valuable apple for the kitchen while it lasts . Raised by the Rev. Dr. Symonds Breedon , in his garden at Bere Court , near Pangbourne , in Berkshire , and ...
... juicy , with a high flavoured acidity . It does not keep late , but is a most valuable apple for the kitchen while it lasts . Raised by the Rev. Dr. Symonds Breedon , in his garden at Bere Court , near Pangbourne , in Berkshire , and ...
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... green spots and small russetty specks , and tinged with green around the stalk . Flesh yellowish , firm , juicy , with a rich , agreeable , sharp flavour . A very neat and most excellent dessert apple , from 18 APPLES .
... green spots and small russetty specks , and tinged with green around the stalk . Flesh yellowish , firm , juicy , with a rich , agreeable , sharp flavour . A very neat and most excellent dessert apple , from 18 APPLES .
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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...