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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... thick , not deeply inserted . Skin very thick and tough , pale bright lemon colour when fully ripe , intermixed with a little bright green , and sprinkled with numerous spots of the same . Flesh inclining to yellow , firm , crisp ...
... thick , not deeply inserted . Skin very thick and tough , pale bright lemon colour when fully ripe , intermixed with a little bright green , and sprinkled with numerous spots of the same . Flesh inclining to yellow , firm , crisp ...
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... thick , and very short . Skin smooth , with a few faint streaks of red on the sunny side , and covered with a white bloom . Flesh snow - white , often trans- parent in part , tender , juicy , crisp , very pleasant and delicate . Ripe in ...
... thick , and very short . Skin smooth , with a few faint streaks of red on the sunny side , and covered with a white bloom . Flesh snow - white , often trans- parent in part , tender , juicy , crisp , very pleasant and delicate . Ripe in ...
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... thick . Stalk short , thick . Skin greenish yellow , richly and closely streaked with deep red . Flesh white , juicy , breaking , sub - acid , very rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour . Ripe the beginning and ...
... thick . Stalk short , thick . Skin greenish yellow , richly and closely streaked with deep red . Flesh white , juicy , breaking , sub - acid , very rich and agreeable , with- out any perfume or spicy flavour . Ripe the beginning and ...
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... 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 sweet , and of a very good flavour . Ripe the ...
... 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 sweet , and of a very good flavour . Ripe the ...
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... thick , rather long , placed in a funnel- shaped cavity . Eye placed in the bottom of a hollow , scooped out like a funnel , and larger than that in which the stalk is placed , the divisions of the calyx remaining in part when the fruit ...
... thick , rather long , placed in a funnel- shaped cavity . Eye placed in the bottom of a hollow , scooped out like a funnel , and larger than that in which the stalk is placed , the divisions of the calyx remaining in part when the fruit ...
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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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