A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... sweet ; it melts perfectly in baking , taking a clear pale amber colour , and retaining a high flavour . A dessert and culinary apple from October till January . Raised from a seed of the Golden Noble , by Mr. John Barnard of Waltham ...
... sweet ; it melts perfectly in baking , taking a clear pale amber colour , and retaining a high flavour . A dessert and culinary apple from October till January . Raised from a seed of the Golden Noble , by Mr. John Barnard of Waltham ...
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... sweet , juicy , and highly flavoured . A very beautiful dessert fruit in November and De- cember . This very excellent apple was brought into notice by Mr. Kirke , of Brompton . It is hardy , and a very plentiful bearer . 58 ...
... sweet , juicy , and highly flavoured . A very beautiful dessert fruit in November and De- cember . This very excellent apple was brought into notice by Mr. Kirke , of Brompton . It is hardy , and a very plentiful bearer . 58 ...
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... sweet , but not rich . A culinary apple in October and November . 64. SUMMER PEARMAIN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No.771 . Pom . Mag . t . 116 . Summer Pearmain . Miller Ed . 8. No. 3 . Parmain d'E'té . Knoop , p . 17. t . 2 . Royal Pearmain ...
... sweet , but not rich . A culinary apple in October and November . 64. SUMMER PEARMAIN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No.771 . Pom . Mag . t . 116 . Summer Pearmain . Miller Ed . 8. No. 3 . Parmain d'E'té . Knoop , p . 17. t . 2 . Royal Pearmain ...
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... sweet , juicy , extremely pleasant , and high flavoured . A dessert apple from November till March . This is one of the largest of our table apples . It was raised in a garden belonging to a baker at Old Woodstock , near Oxford , a ...
... sweet , juicy , extremely pleasant , and high flavoured . A dessert apple from November till March . This is one of the largest of our table apples . It was raised in a garden belonging to a baker at Old Woodstock , near Oxford , a ...
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... sweet , with a delicate perfume , like that of roses , which is sensibly perceived before the fruit is cut open . Ripe in September , and will keep till the spring . This description is taken from fruit sent from Turin to the ...
... sweet , with a delicate perfume , like that of roses , which is sensibly perceived before the fruit is cut open . Ripe in September , and will keep till the spring . This description is taken from fruit sent from Turin to the ...
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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...