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 21
Flesh rather soft , greenish white , with a slightly saccharine juice , but not much
flavour . A culinary apple in November and December , described from a fruit
grown in the Horticultural garden at Chiswick in 1830 . 34 . Padley ' s PIPPIN .
Hort .
Flesh rather soft , greenish white , with a slightly saccharine juice , but not much
flavour . A culinary apple in November and December , described from a fruit
grown in the Horticultural garden at Chiswick in 1830 . 34 . Padley ' s PIPPIN .
Hort .
Page 151
Fruit usually growing singly , very blunt , heart - shaped , nearly round , a little
flattened on one side , with a very small suture extending from the stalk to the
apex . Stalk about two inches long , slender , deeply inserted . Skin pale
yellowish ...
Fruit usually growing singly , very blunt , heart - shaped , nearly round , a little
flattened on one side , with a very small suture extending from the stalk to the
apex . Stalk about two inches long , slender , deeply inserted . Skin pale
yellowish ...
Page 336
It is readily known by its growing in clusters , and by the branches being short ,
and growing erect . It is a small growing tree , and bears abundantly . 7 . Musk
DRONE . Miller , No . 15 . Bourdon Musqué . Duhamel , No . 27 . Fruit rather
small ...
It is readily known by its growing in clusters , and by the branches being short ,
and growing erect . It is a small growing tree , and bears abundantly . 7 . Musk
DRONE . Miller , No . 15 . Bourdon Musqué . Duhamel , No . 27 . Fruit rather
small ...
Page 352
Harvey , Esq . , and planted in his garden at Catton , near Norwich , about sixty
years ago , along with some plants of the Dutch Mignonne Apple , both sorts of
which are now growing . Sect . III . — Autumnal . Round - fruited . 41 . Aston Town
.
Harvey , Esq . , and planted in his garden at Catton , near Norwich , about sixty
years ago , along with some plants of the Dutch Mignonne Apple , both sorts of
which are now growing . Sect . III . — Autumnal . Round - fruited . 41 . Aston Town
.
Page 396
Notwithstanding this , it ought to be planted on a south or south - east wall , in
case of cold and unfavourable seasons . The French say it succeeds best when
grafted on the Quince , and planted on rich light soil . The Jersey gardeners grow
...
Notwithstanding this , it ought to be planted on a south or south - east wall , in
case of cold and unfavourable seasons . The French say it succeeds best when
grafted on the Quince , and planted on rich light soil . The Jersey gardeners grow
...
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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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