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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... thick and hard , the kernel small , and not high flavoured . This is an improved variety of the former , and differs from it only in having larger fruit . It is a pre- ferable sort for stocks , and used by the more careful of their ...
... thick and hard , the kernel small , and not high flavoured . This is an improved variety of the former , and differs from it only in having larger fruit . It is a pre- ferable sort for stocks , and used by the more careful of their ...
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... thick , not deeply inserted . Skin very thick and tough , pale bright lemon colour when fully ripe , intermixed with a little bright green , and sprinkled with numerous spots of the same . Flesh inclining to yellow , firm , crisp ...
... thick , not deeply inserted . Skin very thick and tough , pale bright lemon colour when fully ripe , intermixed with a little bright green , and sprinkled with numerous spots of the same . Flesh inclining to yellow , firm , crisp ...
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... thick , rather short , deeply inserted . Skin of an uniform deep rich crimson , with a great many green dots intermixed ; greenish on the shaded side . Flesh greenish white ; when newly gathered , crisp , very juicy , mixed with a most ...
... thick , rather short , deeply inserted . Skin of an uniform deep rich crimson , with a great many green dots intermixed ; greenish on the shaded side . Flesh greenish white ; when newly gathered , crisp , very juicy , mixed with a most ...
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... thick , and very short . Skin 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 ...
... thick , and very short . Skin 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 ...
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... 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 . Ripe the beginning and middle of August . A very ...
... 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 . Ripe the beginning and middle of August . A very ...
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