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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... short , slender , in a funnel - shaped cavity , even with the base . Skin pale yellow , with numerous small pearl - coloured imbedded specks , and slightly tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh white , very crisp and tender ...
... short , slender , in a funnel - shaped cavity , even with the base . Skin pale yellow , with numerous small pearl - coloured imbedded specks , and slightly tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh white , very crisp and tender ...
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... short , deeply in- serted . Skin greenish yellow in the shade , deep crimson on the exposed side , and over great part of the surface spotted with russet , with a little coarse russet surround- ing the stalk . The greatest part of the ...
... short , deeply in- serted . Skin greenish yellow in the shade , deep crimson on the exposed side , and over great part of the surface spotted with russet , with a little coarse russet surround- ing the stalk . The greatest part of the ...
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... short segments of the calyx , slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather short , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellow , tender ...
... short segments of the calyx , slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather short , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh greenish yellow , tender ...
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... short , thick . Skin greenish yellow , richly and closely streaked with deep red . Flesh white , juicy , breaking , sub - acid , very rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour . Ripe the beginning and middle of August ...
... short , thick . Skin greenish yellow , richly and closely streaked with deep red . Flesh white , juicy , breaking , sub - acid , very rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour . Ripe the beginning and middle of August ...
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... short calyx , moderately sunk , in a very even circular basin , perfectly free from plaits . Stalk short , slender , rather deeply sunk , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , becoming bright yel- low when highly ...
... short calyx , moderately sunk , in a very even circular basin , perfectly free from plaits . Stalk short , slender , rather deeply sunk , not protruding beyond the base . Skin pale greenish yellow , becoming bright yel- low when highly ...
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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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apex apple from November August Bergamot Beurré Black branches buds bunches calyx cavity Chiswick cloth colour crown cultivated deeply inserted dessert apple Duhamel Early espalier excellent Eye small Flesh firm Flesh pale Flesh white Flesh yellowish Flowers Forsyth Frontignan Fruit large Fruit middle-sized garden glands greenish yellow half an inch Herefordshire high flavoured Hort Horticultural inch long inches and three J. C. LOUDON Jard Juice plentiful juicy Langley Lindl melting Mignonne Miller Muscadine Muscat of Alexandria Nectarines Nonpareil oblong open standard oval Parmain Pavie Peach Pear Pippin plants pruning purple quarters in diameter Quince rich Ripe the beginning Ripe the end Ripe the middle ripened roundish Royal russet russetty saccharine Scarlet Sea Kale seed shaded side shoots slender specks Stalk an inch Stalk half Stalk short stone sugary sunny side suture sweet three inches tinged Trans tree Twickenham Violet wall