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 82
Skin very smooth , pale green , becoming yellow when kept a few weeks . Flesh
very firm and dense . Juice not plentiful , sharp , slightly acid , becoming sweet
when mature , with a little perfume . A dessert and culinary apple from November
...
Skin very smooth , pale green , becoming yellow when kept a few weeks . Flesh
very firm and dense . Juice not plentiful , sharp , slightly acid , becoming sweet
when mature , with a little perfume . A dessert and culinary apple from November
...
Page 214
The leaves are middlesized , roundish , with an open base , slightly and regularly
lobed , quite smooth on each side , pale green , becoming yellow late in the
autumn . This ripens upon a south wall generally from the middle to the end of ...
The leaves are middlesized , roundish , with an open base , slightly and regularly
lobed , quite smooth on each side , pale green , becoming yellow late in the
autumn . This ripens upon a south wall generally from the middle to the end of ...
Page 237
Flesh white , becoming pale straw colour as it ripens , firm , saccharine , and juicy
, and although not rich is pleasant . The last two sorts possess the valuable
property of keeping till the winter months , if hung up by the stalk , or in nets in a
dry ...
Flesh white , becoming pale straw colour as it ripens , firm , saccharine , and juicy
, and although not rich is pleasant . The last two sorts possess the valuable
property of keeping till the winter months , if hung up by the stalk , or in nets in a
dry ...
Page 350
Skin green , nearly smooth , becoming pale yellowish - green , after the fruit has
been gathered some time , and is fit for table . Flesh white , firm , juicy , becoming
buttery and melting , rich and excellent . Ripe the middle of September . A very ...
Skin green , nearly smooth , becoming pale yellowish - green , after the fruit has
been gathered some time , and is fit for table . Flesh white , firm , juicy , becoming
buttery and melting , rich and excellent . Ripe the middle of September . A very ...
Page 410
Skin green , becoming yellow as it ripens , with a little colouring of red on the
sunny side . Flesh buttery and melting . Juice plentiful , and well flavoured . Ripe
in January , and will keep till March . It succeeds equally well on the Pear and on
the ...
Skin green , becoming yellow as it ripens , with a little colouring of red on the
sunny side . Flesh buttery and melting . Juice plentiful , and well flavoured . Ripe
in January , and will keep till March . It succeeds equally well on the Pear and on
the ...
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| Title | 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 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, George Lindley |
| Author | George Lindley |
| Editor | John Lindley |
| Publisher | Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1831 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 May 2008 |
| Length | 601 pages |
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