A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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Page 33
... covered with a thin deep salmon colour , and tinged with dull scarlet on the sunny side . Flesh pale yellow , tender . Juice subacid , with a brisk flavour , which becomes very rich when baked . A culinary apple in November and December ...
... covered with a thin deep salmon colour , and tinged with dull scarlet on the sunny side . Flesh pale yellow , tender . Juice subacid , with a brisk flavour , which becomes very rich when baked . A culinary apple in November and December ...
Page 42
... covered with a soft brownish russet , sprinkled with pale brown dots on the sunny side , of a rich , deep bright red , slightly intermixed with russet , and sprinkled with a few lemon - coloured dots . Flesh yellowish , firm , juicy ...
... covered with a soft brownish russet , sprinkled with pale brown dots on the sunny side , of a rich , deep bright red , slightly intermixed with russet , and sprinkled with a few lemon - coloured dots . Flesh yellowish , firm , juicy ...
Page 57
... covered with broken stripes and dashes of dull red all round the fruit . Flesh firm , pale greenish white . Juice quick , slightly sub - acid . A culinary fruit from October till May . I found a large tree of this sort in 1794 , growing ...
... covered with broken stripes and dashes of dull red all round the fruit . Flesh firm , pale greenish white . Juice quick , slightly sub - acid . A culinary fruit from October till May . I found a large tree of this sort in 1794 , growing ...
Page 60
... covered with a meally white all over the base . Flesh greenish white , firm . Juice plentiful , smart acid , without perfume . A most excellent culinary apple from November till April . SECT . VI . - Winter . Conical or Oblong . 115 ...
... covered with a meally white all over the base . Flesh greenish white , firm . Juice plentiful , smart acid , without perfume . A most excellent culinary apple from November till April . SECT . VI . - Winter . Conical or Oblong . 115 ...
Page 61
... covered with a thin grey russet ; on the sunny side of a deeper yellow , tinged with salmon colour , having a few thin , slightly striped patches of a deeper colour , sprinkled with whitish spots near the base . Flesh yellowish , firm ...
... covered with a thin grey russet ; on the sunny side of a deeper yellow , tinged with salmon colour , having a few thin , slightly striped patches of a deeper colour , sprinkled with whitish spots near the base . Flesh yellowish , firm ...
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