A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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Page 37
... appears to have originated from the Old Golden Pippin , in the garden of Sir John Thoroton , and to have improved even upon that favour- ite variety . It ought to be grafted upon the Doucin stock , and trained in the garden either as an ...
... appears to have originated from the Old Golden Pippin , in the garden of Sir John Thoroton , and to have improved even upon that favour- ite variety . It ought to be grafted upon the Doucin stock , and trained in the garden either as an ...
Page 38
... appear- ance somewhat like the Nonesuch , but broader at the base ; moderately depressed about the foot - stalk , and very hollow at the crown , where the segments of the calyx remain long , and rolled back . Stalk one quarter of an ...
... appear- ance somewhat like the Nonesuch , but broader at the base ; moderately depressed about the foot - stalk , and very hollow at the crown , where the segments of the calyx remain long , and rolled back . Stalk one quarter of an ...
Page 39
... appears to have been introduced into this country soon after her arrival in 1761 . 74. BRICKLEY SEEDLING . Pom . Mag . t . 124 . Fruit about the size of the Scarlet Nonpareil ; round- ish , becoming a little narrower towards the crown ...
... appears to have been introduced into this country soon after her arrival in 1761 . 74. BRICKLEY SEEDLING . Pom . Mag . t . 124 . Fruit about the size of the Scarlet Nonpareil ; round- ish , becoming a little narrower towards the crown ...
Page 42
... appears to have been first brought into notice by Sir Christopher Hawkins , in the communication to the Horticultural Society cited above , who says it has been known in Cornwall for years . It is highly deserving of cultivation , and ...
... appears to have been first brought into notice by Sir Christopher Hawkins , in the communication to the Horticultural Society cited above , who says it has been known in Cornwall for years . It is highly deserving of cultivation , and ...
Page 45
... appears improbable that an apple raised within a few miles of York , should have been so extensively , so well , and so long known on the con- tinent . 83. EASTER PIPPIN . G. Lind . Cat . 1815 . French Crab . Forsyth , Ed . 3. No. 49 ...
... appears improbable that an apple raised within a few miles of York , should have been so extensively , so well , and so long known on the con- tinent . 83. EASTER PIPPIN . G. Lind . Cat . 1815 . French Crab . Forsyth , Ed . 3. No. 49 ...
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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...