A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or, An Account of the Most Valuable Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain: with Kalendars of the Work Required in the Orchard and Kitchen Garden During Every Month in the Year |
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... August . 3. IRISH PEACH APPLE . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 740 . Pom . Mag . t . 100 . Early Crofton . Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p . 321. and 453 . Fruit middle - sized , depressed , globular , obtusely angular . Eye nearly closed by the ...
... August . 3. IRISH PEACH APPLE . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 740 . Pom . Mag . t . 100 . Early Crofton . Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p . 321. and 453 . Fruit middle - sized , depressed , globular , obtusely angular . Eye nearly closed by the ...
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... August to the end . This is the true Margaret apple of MILLER , and has been in our gardens since the time of RAY , in 1688 ; but it is not the Margaret of Forsyth , and of many col- lections of the present day ( See No. 13 ) . The tree ...
... August to the end . This is the true Margaret apple of MILLER , and has been in our gardens since the time of RAY , in 1688 ; but it is not the Margaret of Forsyth , and of many col- lections of the present day ( See No. 13 ) . The tree ...
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... August . This very beautiful apple was imported from Sweden , and first fruited by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End , Paddington , in 1816. Fruit of it was exhibited at the Horticultural Society , in 1820 . 8. RED QUARENDEN ...
... August . This very beautiful apple was imported from Sweden , and first fruited by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End , Paddington , in 1816. Fruit of it was exhibited at the Horticultural Society , in 1820 . 8. RED QUARENDEN ...
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... August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been introduced from Russia , where it is said to grow wild about Astracan , and was first brought into notice by William Atkinson ...
... August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been introduced from Russia , where it is said to grow wild about Astracan , and was first brought into notice by William Atkinson ...
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... August . A very good early apple , but soon grows mealy . 14. RED CALVILLE . Calville d'Eté . Duhamel 1. t . 1 . Calville Rouge d'Eté . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 131 . Fruit middle - sized , somewhat cordate or conical , hav- ing ...
... August . A very good early apple , but soon grows mealy . 14. RED CALVILLE . Calville d'Eté . Duhamel 1. t . 1 . Calville Rouge d'Eté . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 131 . Fruit middle - sized , somewhat cordate or conical , hav- ing ...
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