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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Page 164
Ripe the beginning and middle of August . This is one of the most useful of the
hardy figs . In a south - eastern corner , trained against a wall , it ripens by the
middle of August , in even unfavourable seasons . In an ordinary summer , in the
...
Ripe the beginning and middle of August . This is one of the most useful of the
hardy figs . In a south - eastern corner , trained against a wall , it ripens by the
middle of August , in even unfavourable seasons . In an ordinary summer , in the
...
Page 167
Ripe towards the end of August . 21 . LARGE WHITE . Hanbury . Fruit large ,
oblong , with a short foot - stalk . Skin white and thin . Pulp white , but often more
or less tinged with purple , sweet and rich . Ripe in August . 22 . LARGE WHITE ...
Ripe towards the end of August . 21 . LARGE WHITE . Hanbury . Fruit large ,
oblong , with a short foot - stalk . Skin white and thin . Pulp white , but often more
or less tinged with purple , sweet and rich . Ripe in August . 22 . LARGE WHITE ...
Page 256
Flesh soft , melting and white , but pale red at the stone , from which it separates .
Juice plentiful and well flavoured . Ripe the beginning and middle of September .
This Peach ripened at Twickenham , in 1727 , on a west wall , August 1st , O . S ...
Flesh soft , melting and white , but pale red at the stone , from which it separates .
Juice plentiful and well flavoured . Ripe the beginning and middle of September .
This Peach ripened at Twickenham , in 1727 , on a west wall , August 1st , O . S ...
Page 456
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September . The origin of this variety is
unknown ; it must , however , be recent , as it is not mentioned by Duhamel , nor
by any of the older French writers , and is even omitted by Noisette in his Jardin ...
Ripe the end of August and beginning of September . The origin of this variety is
unknown ; it must , however , be recent , as it is not mentioned by Duhamel , nor
by any of the older French writers , and is even omitted by Noisette in his Jardin ...
Page 470
Early Amber Green Gage La Royale Morocco RIPE IN JULY AND AUGUST . - -
48 Nectarine . . 10 Précoce de Tours . . 25 Violette Hâtive . - 6 Wilmot ' s Early
Orleans - 28 7 . 9 - 41 - 31 RIPE IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER . Diaper . 15
Prune ...
Early Amber Green Gage La Royale Morocco RIPE IN JULY AND AUGUST . - -
48 Nectarine . . 10 Précoce de Tours . . 25 Violette Hâtive . - 6 Wilmot ' s Early
Orleans - 28 7 . 9 - 41 - 31 RIPE IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER . Diaper . 15
Prune ...
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