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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Page 5
... slightly angular on its sides . Eye small , with a closed calyx , placed in a narrow basin , surrounded by several unequal plaits . Stalk short , slender , in a funnel - shaped cavity , even with the base . Skin pale yellow , with ...
... slightly angular on its sides . Eye small , with a closed calyx , placed in a narrow basin , surrounded by several unequal plaits . Stalk short , slender , in a funnel - shaped cavity , even with the base . Skin pale yellow , with ...
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... slightly angular . Eye in a tolerably deep basin , surrounded by a few knobby protuberances . Stalk short , deeply in- serted . Skin greenish yellow in the shade , deep crimson on the exposed side , and over great part of the surface ...
... slightly angular . Eye in a tolerably deep basin , surrounded by a few knobby protuberances . Stalk short , deeply in- serted . Skin greenish yellow in the shade , deep crimson on the exposed side , and over great part of the surface ...
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... slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather short , not protruding beyond the base . Skin ... slight per- fume . It is ready for tarts in July , and will keep till October or November . The Spring Grove Codlin was ...
... slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather short , not protruding beyond the base . Skin ... slight per- fume . It is ready for tarts in July , and will keep till October or November . The Spring Grove Codlin was ...
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... deep , angular in a slight degree , with a wide eye , mostly closed by the segments of the calyx . Skin deeply stained , and streaked with crimson , slightly russetted , with a small portion of it showing through . Stalk APPLES . 13.
... deep , angular in a slight degree , with a wide eye , mostly closed by the segments of the calyx . Skin deeply stained , and streaked with crimson , slightly russetted , with a small portion of it showing through . Stalk APPLES . 13.
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... slightly streaked with red , but on the sunny side beautifully marbled , and streaked with bright red and orange . Flesh yellowish white , crisp , and very tender . Juice sugary , and of a rich aromatic flavour . An autumnal dessert ...
... slightly streaked with red , but on the sunny side beautifully marbled , and streaked with bright red and orange . Flesh yellowish white , crisp , and very tender . Juice sugary , and of a rich aromatic flavour . An autumnal dessert ...
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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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apex apple from November August Bergamot Beurré Black Borecole branches buds bunches calyx cavity Chiswick cloth colour crown cultivated deep deeply inserted dessert apple Duhamel Early espalier excellent Eye small Flesh firm Flesh pale Flesh white Flesh yellowish Flowers Forsyth Frontignan Fruit large Fruit middle-sized garden glands greenish yellow half an inch Herefordshire high flavoured Hort Horticultural inch long inches and three Jard Juice plentiful juicy Langley Lindl melting Mignonne Miller Muscadine Muscat of Alexandria Nectarines Nonpareil oblong open standard oval Parmain Pavie Peach Pear Pippin plants pruning purple quarters in diameter Quince Reinette rich Ripe the beginning Ripe the end Ripe the middle ripened roundish Royal russet russetty saccharine Scarlet Sea Kale seed shaded side shoots slender sorts specks Stalk an inch Stalk half Stalk short stone sugary sunny side suture sweet three inches tinged Trans tree Twickenham Violet wall