A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... slender , sunk in a funnel - shaped 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 ...
... slender , sunk in a funnel - shaped 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 ...
Page 23
... slender . Skin bright yellow , deeply tinged with red on the sunny side , with many indistinct white spots . Flesh yellowish , firm , juicy , and rich , nearly as highly flavoured as that of the Golden Pippin . An excellent and ...
... slender . Skin bright yellow , deeply tinged with red on the sunny side , with many indistinct white spots . Flesh yellowish , firm , juicy , and rich , nearly as highly flavoured as that of the Golden Pippin . An excellent and ...
Page 31
... Stalk an inch long , slender , about half inserted in a funnel - shaped cavity . Skin smooth , pale orange yellow , generally tinged with red next the sun , and faintly streaked with the same APPLES . 31 Horse-radish.
... Stalk an inch long , slender , about half inserted in a funnel - shaped cavity . Skin smooth , pale orange yellow , generally tinged with red next the sun , and faintly streaked with the same APPLES . 31 Horse-radish.
Page 33
... slender closed calyx , inserted in a narrow , plaited basin . Stalk short , slender , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale lemon colour on the shaded side , with a few green specks imbedded beneath the surface ; on the sunny side ...
... slender closed calyx , inserted in a narrow , plaited basin . Stalk short , slender , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale lemon colour on the shaded side , with a few green specks imbedded beneath the surface ; on the sunny side ...
Page 34
... slender . Skin pale yellow , marked and streaked with scarlet , deep red , and blood 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 ...
... slender . Skin pale yellow , marked and streaked with scarlet , deep red , and blood 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 ...
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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...