A Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden, Or, An Account of the Most Valuable Fruit and Vegetables Cultivated in Great Britain: With Kalendars of the Work Required in the Orchard and Kitchen Garden During Every Month of the Year |
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... ripe the beginning and mid- dle of August . 3. IRISH PEACH APPLE . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 740 . Pom . Mag . t . 100 . Early Crofton . Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p . 321. and 453 . Fruit middle - sized , depressed , globular , obtusely ...
... ripe the beginning and mid- dle of August . 3. IRISH PEACH APPLE . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 740 . Pom . Mag . t . 100 . Early Crofton . Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p . 321. and 453 . Fruit middle - sized , depressed , globular , obtusely ...
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... Ripe in August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been introduced from Russia , where it is said to grow wild about Astracan , and was first brought into notice by William ...
... Ripe in August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been introduced from Russia , where it is said to grow wild about Astracan , and was first brought into notice by William ...
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... Ripe the beginning and middle of August . A very good early apple , but soon grows mealy . 14. RED CALVILLE . Calville d'Eté . Duhamel 1. t . 1 . Calville Rouge d'Eté . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 131 . Fruit middle - sized , somewhat ...
... Ripe the beginning and middle of August . A very good early apple , but soon grows mealy . 14. RED CALVILLE . Calville d'Eté . Duhamel 1. t . 1 . Calville Rouge d'Eté . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 131 . Fruit middle - sized , somewhat ...
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... ripe . Flesh whitish , firm , crisp , very juicy , with a most agreeable , lively , sweetish sub - acid flavour . An excellent summer apple , ripe the beginning of August , but if kept above a week or ten days it becomes soft and mealy ...
... ripe . Flesh whitish , firm , crisp , very juicy , with a most agreeable , lively , sweetish sub - acid flavour . An excellent summer apple , ripe the beginning of August , but if kept above a week or ten days it becomes soft and mealy ...
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... Ripe the middle and end of August . In a sheltered situation , exposed to the south , the Brussels Apricot bears and ripens well upon an open standard . In this case , the fruit is not so large , but of a very deep colour , a little ...
... Ripe the middle and end of August . In a sheltered situation , exposed to the south , the Brussels Apricot bears and ripens well upon an open standard . In this case , the fruit is not so large , but of a very deep colour , a little ...
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