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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... Beurré Pears , whose flesh is so succulent , rich , and melt- ing , and that hard , stony , astringent fruit , which even birds and animals refuse to eat ? Yet these are undoubted cases of improvement resulting from time and skill ...
... Beurré Pears , whose flesh is so succulent , rich , and melt- ing , and that hard , stony , astringent fruit , which even birds and animals refuse to eat ? Yet these are undoubted cases of improvement resulting from time and skill ...
Page 236
... flavoured , similar in texture to a well - ripened Beurré pear . It resembles the next sort , but differs in being closely netted all over , instead of being smooth . 22. SWEET MELON OF ISPAHAN . Hort . Trans . 236 MELONS .
... flavoured , similar in texture to a well - ripened Beurré pear . It resembles the next sort , but differs in being closely netted all over , instead of being smooth . 22. SWEET MELON OF ISPAHAN . Hort . Trans . 236 MELONS .
Page 333
... noticed at the end of the descriptions . SECT . I.— Summer . Round - fruited . 1. AMBROSIA . Switzer , p . 113 . Early Beurré . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 13 . Fruit middle - sized , of a roundish and somewhat PEARS . 333.
... noticed at the end of the descriptions . SECT . I.— Summer . Round - fruited . 1. AMBROSIA . Switzer , p . 113 . Early Beurré . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 13 . Fruit middle - sized , of a roundish and somewhat PEARS . 333.
Page 354
... wild state . 46. BEZY DE LA MOTTE . Duhamel , 82. t . 44. f . 5 . Pom . Mag . t . 143. Hort . Trans . Vol . 5. p . 132. t . 2 . f . 2. Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 36 . Bein Armudi , Of some Collections , ac- Beurré blanc 354 PEARS .
... wild state . 46. BEZY DE LA MOTTE . Duhamel , 82. t . 44. f . 5 . Pom . Mag . t . 143. Hort . Trans . Vol . 5. p . 132. t . 2 . f . 2. Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 36 . Bein Armudi , Of some Collections , ac- Beurré blanc 354 PEARS .
Page 355
... Beurré blanc de Jersey , cording to the Pom . Mag , Fruit pretty large , of a roundish turbinate figure , about three inches deep , and the same in diameter . Eye small , open , sunk in a round shallow basin . Stalk an inch long , bent ...
... Beurré blanc de Jersey , cording to the Pom . Mag , Fruit pretty large , of a roundish turbinate figure , about three inches deep , and the same in diameter . Eye small , open , sunk in a round shallow basin . Stalk an inch long , bent ...
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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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