A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... keep till Novem- ber . This is eaten raw ; but if roasted it acquires a delicate and sweet flavour , and it is also very agreeable when stewed . Mons . André Thouin , from whom the above is taken , has given an interesting account of ...
... keep till Novem- ber . This is eaten raw ; but if roasted it acquires a delicate and sweet flavour , and it is also very agreeable when stewed . Mons . André Thouin , from whom the above is taken , has given an interesting account of ...
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... keep till Christmas . Raised by Mr. Knight from the seed of the Orange Pippin , and the pollen of the Golden Pippin . The Downton Pippin is a most abundant bearer , extremely well adapted for the market , and an excellent apple for ...
... keep till Christmas . Raised by Mr. Knight from the seed of the Orange Pippin , and the pollen of the Golden Pippin . The Downton Pippin is a most abundant bearer , extremely well adapted for the market , and an excellent apple for ...
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... keep till the spring . This description is taken from fruit sent from Turin to the Horticultural Society , and exhibited the 18th of December , 1827 . The Malcarle is a native of the territory of Finale , in Liguria . It is an important ...
... keep till the spring . This description is taken from fruit sent from Turin to the Horticultural Society , and exhibited the 18th of December , 1827 . The Malcarle is a native of the territory of Finale , in Liguria . It is an important ...
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... keep till April . " This very valuable apple was first noticed in the Hort . Trans . Vol . ii . p . 74. in a letter from Sir Chris- topher Hawkins , in 1813. It was discovered in a cot- tage garden near Truro , about ten or fifteen ...
... keep till April . " This very valuable apple was first noticed in the Hort . Trans . Vol . ii . p . 74. in a letter from Sir Chris- topher Hawkins , in 1813. It was discovered in a cot- tage garden near Truro , about ten or fifteen ...
Page 71
... keep till April , and may be reckoned a rival to our Ribston Pippin . It is supposed to have originated at ... keeps to so late a period . It is supposed to have originated at Hanwell , near Banbury , in Oxfordshire . Fruit of it were ...
... keep till April , and may be reckoned a rival to our Ribston Pippin . It is supposed to have originated at ... keeps to so late a period . It is supposed to have originated at Hanwell , near Banbury , in Oxfordshire . Fruit of it were ...
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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...