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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... Skin of a pale yellow , with- out any mixture of colour . Flesh approaching to yel- low , firm and crisp , with a pleasant brisk juice , having much the highest flavour of any of the very early apples . A Scotch dessert apple , ripe the ...
... Skin of a pale yellow , with- out any mixture of colour . Flesh approaching to yel- low , firm and crisp , with a pleasant brisk juice , having much the highest flavour of any of the very early apples . A Scotch dessert apple , ripe the ...
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... Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellow , tender . Juice saccharine , with a mixture of acid , and a very slight per- fume . It is ready for tarts in July , and will keep till October or ...
... Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellow , tender . Juice saccharine , with a mixture of acid , and a very slight per- fume . It is ready for tarts in July , and will keep till October or ...
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... Skin pale greenish yellow , becoming bright yel- low when highly ripened , marbled and streaked with red on the sunny side , like the Nonesuch . Flesh pale yellowish white , tender . Juice rather thin , smart , slightly saccharine , and ...
... Skin pale greenish yellow , becoming bright yel- low when highly ripened , marbled and streaked with red on the sunny side , like the Nonesuch . Flesh pale yellowish white , tender . Juice rather thin , smart , slightly saccharine , and ...
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... Skin bright deep yellow , somewhat scabrous , with a tinge of green , sprinkled with numerous grey and dark - coloured specks or spots . Flesh pale yellow , crisp , tender . Juice rich , of a poignant aromatic flavour . A most excellent ...
... Skin bright deep yellow , somewhat scabrous , with a tinge of green , sprinkled with numerous grey and dark - coloured specks or spots . Flesh pale yellow , crisp , tender . Juice rich , of a poignant aromatic flavour . A most excellent ...
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... Skin covered with a fine bloom , with broad , broken , irregular stripes of red next the sun , and paler and more distant marking of the same kind in the shade . Flesh firm , yellowish white , occasionally tinged with pink next the skin ...
... Skin covered with a fine bloom , with broad , broken , irregular stripes of red next the sun , and paler and more distant marking of the same kind in the shade . Flesh firm , yellowish white , occasionally tinged with pink next the skin ...
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