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 483
183 . Late Pitmaston Black . Ib . Fruit middle - sized , ovate , with a neck , slightly
hairy , very dark purplish red . Seeds slightly embedded . Flesh solid , scarlet ,
very firm , buttery , and richly flavoured . 9 . SWEET CONE . Hort . Trans . vol . vi .
p .
183 . Late Pitmaston Black . Ib . Fruit middle - sized , ovate , with a neck , slightly
hairy , very dark purplish red . Seeds slightly embedded . Flesh solid , scarlet ,
very firm , buttery , and richly flavoured . 9 . SWEET CONE . Hort . Trans . vol . vi .
p .
Page 496
Seeds projecting , with flat intervals . Flesh firm , solid , pale scarlet , with a
tolerably rich flavour . 55 . Oblong Scarlet . Hort . Trans . Vol . vi . p . 153 . Long
Scarlet . Padley ' s Early Scarlet . Long - fruited Scarlet . Fruit rather large , oblong
, with ...
Seeds projecting , with flat intervals . Flesh firm , solid , pale scarlet , with a
tolerably rich flavour . 55 . Oblong Scarlet . Hort . Trans . Vol . vi . p . 153 . Long
Scarlet . Padley ' s Early Scarlet . Long - fruited Scarlet . Fruit rather large , oblong
, with ...
Page 538
For spring Cauliflowers the seed is usually sown from the 15th to the 20th of
September , and the young plants sheltered through the winter , either by
planting them under hand - glasses , or in frames , so that they may be covered
during cold ...
For spring Cauliflowers the seed is usually sown from the 15th to the 20th of
September , and the young plants sheltered through the winter , either by
planting them under hand - glasses , or in frames , so that they may be covered
during cold ...
Page 562
All the varieties of onion , raised from seed , grow freely in any common good
garden soil , in an open situation . ... To obtain large Onions , Mr . Knight says , “
Sow the seeds thick of the Spanish or Portugal , at the usual time , on poor land ...
All the varieties of onion , raised from seed , grow freely in any common good
garden soil , in an open situation . ... To obtain large Onions , Mr . Knight says , “
Sow the seeds thick of the Spanish or Portugal , at the usual time , on poor land ...
Page 581
The third sort is a winter Spinach , the seed of which was sent from M . Vilmorin ,
of Paris , to the Horticultural Society of London , and is far superior to the Prickly
or Common Winter Spinach , which is in general cultivation during the winter ...
The third sort is a winter Spinach , the seed of which was sent from M . Vilmorin ,
of Paris , to the Horticultural Society of London , and is far superior to the Prickly
or Common Winter Spinach , which is in general cultivation during the winter ...
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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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