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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... Black , the female a kind of Scarlet ; in Coe's Golden Drop Plum , the father was the Yellow Magnum Bonum , the mother the Green Gage ; and in the Elton Cherry the White Heart was the male parent , and the Graffion the female . The ...
... Black , the female a kind of Scarlet ; in Coe's Golden Drop Plum , the father was the Yellow Magnum Bonum , the mother the Green Gage ; and in the Elton Cherry the White Heart was the male parent , and the Graffion the female . The ...
Page 74
... black dots , in the manner of an ordinary Golden Rei- nette . Flesh yellowish next the skin , green next the core , firm , crisp , very juicy , with a peculiar rich sweet- ness , and a light aromatic flavour . eye ; the sunny having ...
... black dots , in the manner of an ordinary Golden Rei- nette . Flesh yellowish next the skin , green next the core , firm , crisp , very juicy , with a peculiar rich sweet- ness , and a light aromatic flavour . eye ; the sunny having ...
Page 102
... black specks : these , however , are more to be attributed to a crowded state of old trees , than a natural appearance of healthy fruit from young trees in a state of vigour , and in a kind season . This observation may be understood to ...
... black specks : these , however , are more to be attributed to a crowded state of old trees , than a natural appearance of healthy fruit from young trees in a state of vigour , and in a kind season . This observation may be understood to ...
Page 133
... Black Apricot . Forsyth , Ed . 3. No. 10 . Fruit nearly spherical , about five inches in circum- ference . Suture deep , extending from the base to its apex . Skin covered with a very fine velvety down K 3 APRICOTS . 133.
... Black Apricot . Forsyth , Ed . 3. No. 10 . Fruit nearly spherical , about five inches in circum- ference . Suture deep , extending from the base to its apex . Skin covered with a very fine velvety down K 3 APRICOTS . 133.
Page 140
... Alexandrian 5 Amande Aveline · 9 2 8 Anson's 5 Black 6 9 5 Blotched - leaved Roman 10 Blotched - leaved Turkey 1 1 1 Breda 2 Brussels Dunmore's Breda Early Orange Hemskirke Imperial Anson's Large Early 140 APRICOTS .
... Alexandrian 5 Amande Aveline · 9 2 8 Anson's 5 Black 6 9 5 Blotched - leaved Roman 10 Blotched - leaved Turkey 1 1 1 Breda 2 Brussels Dunmore's Breda Early Orange Hemskirke Imperial Anson's Large Early 140 APRICOTS .
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A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or, an Account of the Most Valuable ... George Lindley No preview available - 2020 |
A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden; Or, an Account of the Most Valuable ... John Lindley,George Lindley No preview available - 2015 |
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apex apple from November August Bergamot Beurré Black branches buds bunches calyx cavity Chiswick cloth colour crown cultivated deeply inserted dessert apple Duhamel Early espalier excellent Eye small Flesh firm Flesh pale Flesh white Flesh yellowish Flowers Forsyth Frontignan Fruit large Fruit middle-sized garden glands greenish yellow half an inch Herefordshire high flavoured Hort Horticultural inch long inches and three J. C. LOUDON Jard Juice plentiful juicy Langley Lindl melting Mignonne Miller Muscadine Muscat of Alexandria Nectarines Nonpareil oblong open standard oval Parmain Pavie Peach Pear Pippin plants pruning purple quarters in diameter Quince rich Ripe the beginning Ripe the end Ripe the middle ripened roundish Royal russet russetty saccharine Scarlet Sea Kale seed shaded side shoots slender specks Stalk an inch Stalk half Stalk short stone sugary sunny side suture sweet three inches tinged Trans tree Twickenham Violet wall