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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... smooth shell , containing a kernel of little value in comparison with some others . It is the most common in France , and the young plants from it are used for stocks to bud peaches upon . — 2. AMANDE DOUCE À COQUE DURE . -The nuts of ...
... smooth shell , containing a kernel of little value in comparison with some others . It is the most common in France , and the young plants from it are used for stocks to bud peaches upon . — 2. AMANDE DOUCE À COQUE DURE . -The nuts of ...
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... smooth and shining ; on the side next the sun bright yellow , tinged a little with orange , which gradually fades away on the shaded side into a pale lemon colour , and marked throughout with pale scattered dots . Flesh whitish , firm ...
... smooth and shining ; on the side next the sun bright yellow , tinged a little with orange , which gradually fades away on the shaded side into a pale lemon colour , and marked throughout with pale scattered dots . Flesh whitish , firm ...
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... smooth , with a few faint streaks of red on the sunny side , and covered with a white bloom . Flesh snow - white , often trans- parent in part , tender , juicy , crisp , very pleasant and delicate . Ripe in August , and will keep good ...
... smooth , with a few faint streaks of red on the sunny side , and covered with a white bloom . Flesh snow - white , often trans- parent in part , tender , juicy , crisp , very pleasant and delicate . Ripe in August , and will keep good ...
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... smooth , white , of a very pale greenish yellow , sometimes a little tinged with a blush on the sunny side towards the base . Flesh white . Juice plentiful , and well flavoured . C An excellent culinary fruit from Michaelmas to ...
... smooth , white , of a very pale greenish yellow , sometimes a little tinged with a blush on the sunny side towards the base . Flesh white . Juice plentiful , and well flavoured . C An excellent culinary fruit from Michaelmas to ...
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... , very little plaited , hollow . Stalk an inch long , slender , about half inserted in a funnel - shaped cavity . Skin smooth , pale orange yellow , generally tinged with red next the sun , and faintly streaked with the same APPLES . 31.
... , very little plaited , hollow . Stalk an inch long , slender , about half inserted in a funnel - shaped cavity . Skin smooth , pale orange yellow , generally tinged with red next the sun , and faintly streaked with the same APPLES . 31.
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