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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... Flesh white , firm , juicy , with a sweet , brisk , sub - acid , very pleasant flavour . An early dessert fruit , ripe the middle of August . This beautiful apple was sent from the Taurida Gardens , near St. Petersburgh , to the ...
... Flesh white , firm , juicy , with a sweet , brisk , sub - acid , very pleasant flavour . An early dessert fruit , ripe the middle of August . This beautiful apple was sent from the Taurida Gardens , near St. Petersburgh , to the ...
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... Flesh white , tender , juicy , rich , and very highly flavoured . A dessert apple , ripe in August . 4. JUNEATING . Ray ( 1688 ) , No. 1. Langley Pom . t . 74. f . 2 . Fruit small , round , somewhat flattened at both ends , about one ...
... Flesh white , tender , juicy , rich , and very highly flavoured . A dessert apple , ripe in August . 4. JUNEATING . Ray ( 1688 ) , No. 1. Langley Pom . t . 74. f . 2 . Fruit small , round , somewhat flattened at both ends , about one ...
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... Flesh white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , and highly perfumed . A dessert apple , of first - rate excellence , from the middle of August to the end . This is the true Margaret apple of MILLER , and has been in ...
... Flesh white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , and highly perfumed . A dessert apple , of first - rate excellence , from the middle of August to the end . This is the true Margaret apple of MILLER , and has been in ...
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... white bloom like that of a plum , which gives it somewhat the appearance of a peach . Flesh white , crisp . Juice abundant , with a rich sac- charine acid , but soon becomes mealy . Ripe about the middle of August . This very beautiful ...
... white bloom like that of a plum , which gives it somewhat the appearance of a peach . Flesh white , crisp . Juice abundant , with a rich sac- charine acid , but soon becomes mealy . Ripe about the middle of August . This very beautiful ...
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... white bloom . Flesh snow - white , often trans- parent in part , tender , juicy , crisp , very pleasant and delicate . Ripe in August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been ...
... white bloom . Flesh snow - white , often trans- parent in part , tender , juicy , crisp , very pleasant and delicate . Ripe in August , and will keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been ...
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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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