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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... gathered , crisp , very juicy , mixed with a most agreeable acid . Ripe in August , and will keep till the end of Sep- tember . This is said to be a Devonshire apple , although It I find no such name as Quarenden in the 6 APPLES . Beans.
... gathered , crisp , very juicy , mixed with a most agreeable acid . Ripe in August , and will keep till the end of Sep- tember . This is said to be a Devonshire apple , although It I find no such name as Quarenden in the 6 APPLES . Beans.
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... keep till October or November . The Spring Grove Codlin was first brought into notice by Sir Joseph Banks , in a communication to the Horticultural Society of London , read April 3. 1810 . 10. SUMMER GOLDEN PIPPIN . Hort . Soc . Cat ...
... keep till October or November . The Spring Grove Codlin was first brought into notice by Sir Joseph Banks , in a communication to the Horticultural Society of London , read April 3. 1810 . 10. SUMMER GOLDEN PIPPIN . Hort . Soc . Cat ...
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... keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been introduced from Russia , where it is said to grow wild about Astracan , and was first brought into notice by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End ...
... keep good for only a few days . It is a hardy tree , and a very good bearer . It has been introduced from Russia , where it is said to grow wild about Astracan , and was first brought into notice by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End ...
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... keep long . This is one of the sorts usually planted against walls in the Carse of Gowrie . In this country it does well as an open standard , and is an abundant bearer . Its fruit was exhibited at the Horticultural Society , Lon- don ...
... keep long . This is one of the sorts usually planted against walls in the Carse of Gowrie . In this country it does well as an open standard , and is an abundant bearer . Its fruit was exhibited at the Horticultural Society , Lon- don ...
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... keep late , but is a most valuable apple for the kitchen while it lasts . Raised by the Rev. Dr. Symonds Breedon , in his garden at Bere Court , near Pangbourne , in Berkshire , and exhibited at the Horticultural Society , London ...
... keep late , but is a most valuable apple for the kitchen while it lasts . Raised by the Rev. Dr. Symonds Breedon , in his garden at Bere Court , near Pangbourne , in Berkshire , and exhibited at the Horticultural Society , London ...
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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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