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 xii
... raised by cross fertilisation from bad bearers , within the last twenty years , and which are the most prolific fruit trees with which gardeners are acquainted ; witness also Mr. Knight's Cherries , raised between the May Duke and the ...
... raised by cross fertilisation from bad bearers , within the last twenty years , and which are the most prolific fruit trees with which gardeners are acquainted ; witness also Mr. Knight's Cherries , raised between the May Duke and the ...
Page xvii
... raised upon a northern aspect are well known to be less highly flavoured than those from even an open standard . For a similar reason , forced fruits , which are obtained at a period when there is little light , cannot be compared with ...
... raised upon a northern aspect are well known to be less highly flavoured than those from even an open standard . For a similar reason , forced fruits , which are obtained at a period when there is little light , cannot be compared with ...
Page 19
... , firm , crisp . Juice abundant , saccharine , and highly flavoured . A dessert apple from Michaelmas to Christmas . This is a very beautiful little fruit , raised a few years ago from a seed of the old Golden Pippin by c 2 APPLES . 19.
... , firm , crisp . Juice abundant , saccharine , and highly flavoured . A dessert apple from Michaelmas to Christmas . This is a very beautiful little fruit , raised a few years ago from a seed of the old Golden Pippin by c 2 APPLES . 19.
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... Raised about twenty years ago by the late Mr. William Padley , gardener to His Majesty , at Hampton Court , and first propagated by Mr. Ronalds of Brentford . 35. PHILADELPHIA PIPPIN . G. Lind . Cat . 1815 . Ditchingham Pippin . ib ...
... Raised about twenty years ago by the late Mr. William Padley , gardener to His Majesty , at Hampton Court , and first propagated by Mr. Ronalds of Brentford . 35. PHILADELPHIA PIPPIN . G. Lind . Cat . 1815 . Ditchingham Pippin . ib ...
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... retaining a high flavour . A dessert and culinary apple from October till January . Raised from a seed of the Golden Noble , by Mr. John Barnard of Waltham Abbey , in Essex , about 1810. It began bearing in 1819 , and its 24 APPLES .
... retaining a high flavour . A dessert and culinary apple from October till January . Raised from a seed of the Golden Noble , by Mr. John Barnard of Waltham Abbey , in Essex , about 1810. It began bearing in 1819 , and its 24 APPLES .
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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 |
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