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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... rich sac- charine acid , but soon becomes mealy . Ripe about the middle of August . This very beautiful apple was imported from Sweden , and first fruited by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End , Paddington , in 1816. Fruit of it was ...
... rich sac- charine acid , but soon becomes mealy . Ripe about the middle of August . This very beautiful apple was imported from Sweden , and first fruited by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End , Paddington , in 1816. Fruit of it was ...
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... rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour . Ripe the beginning and middle of August . A very good early apple , but soon grows mealy . 14. RED CALVILLE . Calville d'Eté . Duhamel 1. t . 1 . Calville Rouge d'Eté . Hort ...
... rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour . Ripe the beginning and middle of August . A very good early apple , but soon grows mealy . 14. RED CALVILLE . Calville d'Eté . Duhamel 1. t . 1 . Calville Rouge d'Eté . Hort ...
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... rich and agreeable . A very excellent autumn dessert apple , in perfection about the end of August , and will keep sound till Christmas . It is a healthy , hardy variety , but better adapted for dwarfs than for standards . 22. EMPEROR ...
... rich and agreeable . A very excellent autumn dessert apple , in perfection about the end of August , and will keep sound till Christmas . It is a healthy , hardy variety , but better adapted for dwarfs than for standards . 22. EMPEROR ...
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... rich , of a poignant aromatic flavour . A most excellent autumnal dessert apple , from Michaelmas to Christmas . This appears to be of American origin , and was im- ported by Mr. Sudlow from the United States , as appears from the ...
... rich , of a poignant aromatic flavour . A most excellent autumnal dessert apple , from Michaelmas to Christmas . This appears to be of American origin , and was im- ported by Mr. Sudlow from the United States , as appears from the ...
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... rich and brisk flavour . A culinary apple from Michaelmas till Christmas . A very handsome and useful kind , supposed to have had its origin in Somersetshire , from whence specimens were first communicated to the Horticultural Society ...
... rich and brisk flavour . A culinary apple from Michaelmas till Christmas . A very handsome and useful kind , supposed to have had its origin in Somersetshire , from whence specimens were first communicated to the Horticultural Society ...
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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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