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 36
Skin pale yellow , slightly tinged with red on the sunny side , and sprinkled with
irregular brown spots . Flesh yellow , tender , juicy , and pleasant . An excellent
dessert apple from November till April . Raised some years ago by John Motteux
...
Skin pale yellow , slightly tinged with red on the sunny side , and sprinkled with
irregular brown spots . Flesh yellow , tender , juicy , and pleasant . An excellent
dessert apple from November till April . Raised some years ago by John Motteux
...
Page 135
Fruit middle - sized , in form slightly compressed , inclining to oval . Skin dull
straw colour , with a little dotting of orange or red on the sunny side , but in such
small quantity , that the skin has always a pallid appearance . Suture shallow .
Fruit middle - sized , in form slightly compressed , inclining to oval . Skin dull
straw colour , with a little dotting of orange or red on the sunny side , but in such
small quantity , that the skin has always a pallid appearance . Suture shallow .
Page 366
Fruit long , rather slender , slightly tapering from the crown to the stalk , having an
irregular and slightly knobby outline , in the manner of the Calebasse , about
three inches and three quarters long , and two inches in diameter . Eye small ,
open ...
Fruit long , rather slender , slightly tapering from the crown to the stalk , having an
irregular and slightly knobby outline , in the manner of the Calebasse , about
three inches and three quarters long , and two inches in diameter . Eye small ,
open ...
Page 371
slightly speckled with brown . Flesh white , with a slight musky flavour , and very
little core . Ripe early in October , and will keep a few weeks . A fine buttery Pear
of the first order , and very handsome . It was received by the Horticultural Society
...
slightly speckled with brown . Flesh white , with a slight musky flavour , and very
little core . Ripe early in October , and will keep a few weeks . A fine buttery Pear
of the first order , and very handsome . It was received by the Horticultural Society
...
Page 486
Fruit very large , round , or ovate , some of the largest assuming a cockscomb
shape , of a dark purplish scarlet , slightly hairy . Seeds a little embedded in a
polished surface , which has usually a furrow at the apex . Flesh firm , solid ,
scarlet ...
Fruit very large , round , or ovate , some of the largest assuming a cockscomb
shape , of a dark purplish scarlet , slightly hairy . Seeds a little embedded in a
polished surface , which has usually a furrow at the apex . Flesh firm , solid ,
scarlet ...
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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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