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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... March , 1811 . 44. WYKEN PIPPIN . Loud . Gard . Mag . Fruit rather below the middle size , round , somewhat flattened both at the base and the crown , about two inches deep , and two inches and a half in diameter . Eye rather small ...
... March , 1811 . 44. WYKEN PIPPIN . Loud . Gard . Mag . Fruit rather below the middle size , round , somewhat flattened both at the base and the crown , about two inches deep , and two inches and a half in diameter . Eye rather small ...
Page 36
... Skin yellow , marbled and shaded on the sunny side with a lively red , intermixed with a thin grey russet . Flesh white , firm , and crisp . Juice brisk and well flavoured . A beautiful dessert apple , from November till March . 36 APPLES .
... Skin yellow , marbled and shaded on the sunny side with a lively red , intermixed with a thin grey russet . Flesh white , firm , and crisp . Juice brisk and well flavoured . A beautiful dessert apple , from November till March . 36 APPLES .
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... March . This makes a very handsome middle sized tree , and is a most abundant bearer . It originated in a small gar- den near Surry - street Gates , Norwich , about sixty years . ago ; and was first propagated by myself in 1793 , when ...
... March . This makes a very handsome middle sized tree , and is a most abundant bearer . It originated in a small gar- den near Surry - street Gates , Norwich , about sixty years . ago ; and was first propagated by myself in 1793 , when ...
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... March . This is one of the largest of our table apples . It was raised in a garden belonging to a baker at Old Woodstock , near Oxford , a short distance from Blenheim . 73. BORSDORFF . Knoop . Pom . p . 56. t . 10 . Borsdörffer . Ib ...
... March . This is one of the largest of our table apples . It was raised in a garden belonging to a baker at Old Woodstock , near Oxford , a short distance from Blenheim . 73. BORSDORFF . Knoop . Pom . p . 56. t . 10 . Borsdörffer . Ib ...
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... March . Raised by Mr. Knight , of Down- ton Castle , from a seed of the Golden Harvey which had been impregnated by the pollen of the Old Golden Pippin . 76. CANADIAN REINETTE . Pom . Mag . t . 77 . Reinette de Canada . Hort . Soc . Cat ...
... March . Raised by Mr. Knight , of Down- ton Castle , from a seed of the Golden Harvey which had been impregnated by the pollen of the Old Golden Pippin . 76. CANADIAN REINETTE . Pom . Mag . t . 77 . Reinette de Canada . Hort . Soc . Cat ...
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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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