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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Stalk very short , thick , wholly inserted within the base in a narrow cavity . Skin
thick , pale green , with several imbedded white dots , and slightly marked with
many short , broken streaks of pale brown , with russetty specks on the sunny
side ...
Stalk very short , thick , wholly inserted within the base in a narrow cavity . Skin
thick , pale green , with several imbedded white dots , and slightly marked with
many short , broken streaks of pale brown , with russetty specks on the sunny
side ...
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Bunches short and thick . Berries small , roundish , black , even - sized , and grow
very close on the bunches . Skin not thick , with a fine blue bloom . Flesh tender ,
and filled with clear , very sweet , and high - flavoured Juice . The Seeds are ...
Bunches short and thick . Berries small , roundish , black , even - sized , and grow
very close on the bunches . Skin not thick , with a fine blue bloom . Flesh tender ,
and filled with clear , very sweet , and high - flavoured Juice . The Seeds are ...
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Flesh thick , of a deep orange colour , very firm , and if cut before it be too ripe it
possesses a very excellent flavour : weight from eight to fourteen pounds . 2 .
Dutch Rock . Hort . Soc . Cat . No . 21 . . Fruit oblate , eight inches wide , and six ...
Flesh thick , of a deep orange colour , very firm , and if cut before it be too ripe it
possesses a very excellent flavour : weight from eight to fourteen pounds . 2 .
Dutch Rock . Hort . Soc . Cat . No . 21 . . Fruit oblate , eight inches wide , and six ...
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Flesh an inch thick , bright orange - red , sweet , and well flavoured . 6 . MELON
DES CARMES . Hort . Soc . Cat . No . 37 . Fruit oblong , tapering to each end ,
eight inches in diameter in the middle , and twelve inches long . Skin bright
orange ...
Flesh an inch thick , bright orange - red , sweet , and well flavoured . 6 . MELON
DES CARMES . Hort . Soc . Cat . No . 37 . Fruit oblong , tapering to each end ,
eight inches in diameter in the middle , and twelve inches long . Skin bright
orange ...
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Skin deep purple , covered with a thick blue bloom . Flesh brownish yellow , with
a few red streaks near the stone , from which it separates . Juice sweet , with an
agreeable flavour . Ripe on a south wall the end of July . 8 . Prune Damson .
Skin deep purple , covered with a thick blue bloom . Flesh brownish yellow , with
a few red streaks near the stone , from which it separates . Juice sweet , with an
agreeable flavour . Ripe on a south wall the end of July . 8 . Prune Damson .
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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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