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Leaves light brown , mottled , and very mealy ; spines coarse . Fruit oval , pips
large , prominent . Flesh deep yellow , rich , and highly flavoured . Weight from
four to five pounds . 3 . BLACK ANTIGUA . Hort . Soc . Cat . No . 3 . Brown
Antigua .
Leaves light brown , mottled , and very mealy ; spines coarse . Fruit oval , pips
large , prominent . Flesh deep yellow , rich , and highly flavoured . Weight from
four to five pounds . 3 . BLACK ANTIGUA . Hort . Soc . Cat . No . 3 . Brown
Antigua .
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Hort . Soc . Cat . No . 30 , Cockscomb . Ib . Old Enville . Ib . Leaves large , broad ,
very mealy . Fruit pyramidal or longish oval , deep orange ; pips large , rather flat .
pale yellow , well flavoured . Weight from five to six pounds . 9 . GLOBE . Hort .
Hort . Soc . Cat . No . 30 , Cockscomb . Ib . Old Enville . Ib . Leaves large , broad ,
very mealy . Fruit pyramidal or longish oval , deep orange ; pips large , rather flat .
pale yellow , well flavoured . Weight from five to six pounds . 9 . GLOBE . Hort .
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37 . Brown Havannah . Ib . Smooth - leaved Antigua . Of some Collections .
Leaves narrow , light green , mottled with brown ; spines none , except a few
small ones near the tips . Fruit large , cylindrically oval , deep orange ; pips large ,
flat .
37 . Brown Havannah . Ib . Smooth - leaved Antigua . Of some Collections .
Leaves narrow , light green , mottled with brown ; spines none , except a few
small ones near the tips . Fruit large , cylindrically oval , deep orange ; pips large ,
flat .
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Fruit longish oval , dull yellow when ripe ; pips flat . Flesh pale yellow , rich , and
high favoured . Weight from three to four pounds . 29 . SILVER - STRIPED
QUEEN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No . 66 . Gold - striped Queen . Of some Collections .
Leaves ...
Fruit longish oval , dull yellow when ripe ; pips flat . Flesh pale yellow , rich , and
high favoured . Weight from three to four pounds . 29 . SILVER - STRIPED
QUEEN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No . 66 . Gold - striped Queen . Of some Collections .
Leaves ...
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Fruit pretty large , oval , about two inches and a quarter long , and one inch and
three quarters in diameter , swelled much more on one side of the suture than on
the other . . Stalk one inch and a quarter long , slender . Skin pale green on the ...
Fruit pretty large , oval , about two inches and a quarter long , and one inch and
three quarters in diameter , swelled much more on one side of the suture than on
the other . . Stalk one inch and a quarter long , slender . Skin pale green 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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