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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... crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx , slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather short , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side ...
... crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx , slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather short , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side ...
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... crown . Eye contracted , plaited . Stalk short , thick . Skin greenish yellow , richly and closely streaked with deep red . Flesh white , juicy , breaking , sub - acid , very rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour ...
... crown . Eye contracted , plaited . Stalk short , thick . Skin greenish yellow , richly and closely streaked with deep red . Flesh white , juicy , breaking , sub - acid , very rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour ...
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... crown , which is rather narrow and depressed . Eye small , closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk half an inch long , slender , rather deeply inserted . Skin dull yellowish green , dashed on the sunny side with faint red ...
... crown , which is rather narrow and depressed . Eye small , closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk half an inch long , slender , rather deeply inserted . Skin dull yellowish green , dashed on the sunny side with faint red ...
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... crown . This has occasioned the Hawthornden to be represented in the figure quoted above as having a cleft on its side ; but neither this nor yet any other apple has one naturally . Sutures , or channels in fruit , are no where to be ...
... crown . This has occasioned the Hawthornden to be represented in the figure quoted above as having a cleft on its side ; but neither this nor yet any other apple has one naturally . Sutures , or channels in fruit , are no where to be ...
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... Crown Fruit small , formed with the most perfect regularity of outline , a little more long than broad . quite flat . Eye large , in proportion to the size of the fruit , but very shallow , surrounded by a fine thin russet . Skin pale ...
... Crown Fruit small , formed with the most perfect regularity of outline , a little more long than broad . quite flat . Eye large , in proportion to the size of the fruit , but very shallow , surrounded by a fine thin russet . Skin pale ...
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