A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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Page 11
... thick , rather long , placed in a funnel- shaped cavity . Eye placed in the bottom of a hollow , scooped out like a funnel , and larger than that in which the stalk is placed , the divisions of the calyx remaining in part when the fruit ...
... thick , rather long , placed in a funnel- shaped cavity . Eye placed in the bottom of a hollow , scooped out like a funnel , and larger than that in which the stalk is placed , the divisions of the calyx remaining in part when the fruit ...
Page 18
... thick , inserted in a very slight cavity , or frequently not at all sunk , but forming a knob projecting on the base of the fruit . Skin yellow , thickly set with green spots and small russetty specks , and tinged with green around the ...
... thick , inserted in a very slight cavity , or frequently not at all sunk , but forming a knob projecting on the base of the fruit . Skin yellow , thickly set with green spots and small russetty specks , and tinged with green around the ...
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... thick , wholly inserted within the base in a narrow cavity . Skin thick , pale green , with several imbedded white dots , and slightly marked with many short , broken streaks of pale brown , with russetty specks on the sunny side ...
... thick , wholly inserted within the base in a narrow cavity . Skin thick , pale green , with several imbedded white dots , and slightly marked with many short , broken streaks of pale brown , with russetty specks on the sunny side ...
Page 29
... thick . Skin yellow , but , when fully ripe , of an orange colour on the sunny side . Flesh white , rather dry . Juice a little sugary , or subacid . A culinary apple from Michaelmas to Christmas . This apple is known in Gloucestershire ...
... thick . Skin yellow , but , when fully ripe , of an orange colour on the sunny side . Flesh white , rather dry . Juice a little sugary , or subacid . A culinary apple from Michaelmas to Christmas . This apple is known in Gloucestershire ...
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... thick . Skin pale yellow , slightly tinged with red on the sunny side , and sprinkled with irregular brown spots . Flesh yellow , tender , juicy , and pleasant . An excellent dessert apple from Novem- ber till April . Raised some years ...
... thick . Skin pale yellow , slightly tinged with red on the sunny side , and sprinkled with irregular brown spots . Flesh yellow , tender , juicy , and pleasant . An excellent dessert apple from Novem- ber till April . Raised some years ...
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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...