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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... round the eye . Skin of a pale yellow , with- out any mixture of colour . Flesh approaching to yel- low , firm and crisp , with a pleasant brisk juice , having much the highest flavour of any of the very early apples . A Scotch dessert ...
... round the eye . Skin of a pale yellow , with- out any mixture of colour . Flesh approaching to yel- low , firm and crisp , with a pleasant brisk juice , having much the highest flavour of any of the very early apples . A Scotch dessert ...
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... regular five - angled cavity at the core . 15. REVELSTONE PIPPIN . Hort . Trans . Vol . iv . p . 522 . Fruit middle - sized , somewhat angular on the sides , lar cavity . the angular protuberances uniting round the eye APPLES . 9.
... regular five - angled cavity at the core . 15. REVELSTONE PIPPIN . Hort . Trans . Vol . iv . p . 522 . Fruit middle - sized , somewhat angular on the sides , lar cavity . the angular protuberances uniting round the eye APPLES . 9.
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... round the eye in large knobs . Stalk short and thick , inserted in a very regu- Skin greenish yellow , thickly sprinkled with yellow russetty spots , and nearly covered with a bright red . Flesh yellow , firm . Juice not plentiful , but ...
... round the eye in large knobs . Stalk short and thick , inserted in a very regu- Skin greenish yellow , thickly sprinkled with yellow russetty spots , and nearly covered with a bright red . Flesh yellow , firm . Juice not plentiful , but ...
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... round , with a few ob- tuse angles reaching to the crown , which is rather narrow and depressed . Eye small , closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk half an inch long , slender , rather deeply inserted . Skin dull yellowish green ...
... round , with a few ob- tuse angles reaching to the crown , which is rather narrow and depressed . Eye small , closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk half an inch long , slender , rather deeply inserted . Skin dull yellowish green ...
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... stains of red on the sunny side , and a little russetty in the cavity round the stalk . Flesh rather soft , with a slightly acid juice . A good culinary apple in October and November . 26. GOLDEN PIPPIN . Ray ( 1688 ) , No. APPLES . 15.
... stains of red on the sunny side , and a little russetty in the cavity round the stalk . Flesh rather soft , with a slightly acid juice . A good culinary apple in October and November . 26. GOLDEN PIPPIN . Ray ( 1688 ) , No. APPLES . 15.
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