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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Page 53
... melting into each other , but separating rather abruptly . Flesh white , tender , very delicate , sweet , with a delicate perfume , like that of roses , which is sensibly perceived before the fruit is cut open . Ripe in September , and ...
... melting into each other , but separating rather abruptly . Flesh white , tender , very delicate , sweet , with a delicate perfume , like that of roses , which is sensibly perceived before the fruit is cut open . Ripe in September , and ...
Page 87
... melting than the old Nonpareil , with a richly sugared and slightly aromatic juice . A dessert apple from October till Christmas . This very valuable apple was raised by John Braddick , Esq . , in his garden at Thames Ditton , in Surrey ...
... melting than the old Nonpareil , with a richly sugared and slightly aromatic juice . A dessert apple from October till Christmas . This very valuable apple was raised by John Braddick , Esq . , in his garden at Thames Ditton , in Surrey ...
Page 97
... melting . Juice plentiful , sweet , with a delicious flavour , scarcely inferior to that of the Golden Pippin . An Irish dessert apple , of high reputation , ripe in November , and will keep good for two months . The merits of this very ...
... melting . Juice plentiful , sweet , with a delicious flavour , scarcely inferior to that of the Golden Pippin . An Irish dessert apple , of high reputation , ripe in November , and will keep good for two months . The merits of this very ...
Page 143
... melting , juicy , and of a most excel- lent flavour . Ripe the middle and end of August . The Holman's Duke is a very distinct variety of the Duke , and cannot well be confounded with any other . Its shoots are short , erect , straight ...
... melting , juicy , and of a most excel- lent flavour . Ripe the middle and end of August . The Holman's Duke is a very distinct variety of the Duke , and cannot well be confounded with any other . Its shoots are short , erect , straight ...
Page 155
... melting , juicy , of a rich and plea- sant flavour . Ripe the end of July and beginning of August . The branches of this sort are slender , diverging , with a reddish - brown epidermis . A Selection of Cherries for a small Garden in the ...
... melting , juicy , of a rich and plea- sant flavour . Ripe the end of July and beginning of August . The branches of this sort are slender , diverging , with a reddish - brown epidermis . A Selection of Cherries for a small Garden in the ...
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