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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... fruit . Some fruit of this apple were imported from Riga by the late Mr. Lee , in January , 1817 , one of which mea- sured five inches and a half in diameter , four inches deep , sixteen inches in circumference , and weighed nineteen ...
... fruit . Some fruit of this apple were imported from Riga by the late Mr. Lee , in January , 1817 , one of which mea- sured five inches and a half in diameter , four inches deep , sixteen inches in circumference , and weighed nineteen ...
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... Fruit small , perfectly round in its outline , without any angles on its sides , generally from an inch and a half to two inches , both in its depth and diameter . In young and vigorous trees its size will be more , and of a greater ...
... Fruit small , perfectly round in its outline , without any angles on its sides , generally from an inch and a half to two inches , both in its depth and diameter . In young and vigorous trees its size will be more , and of a greater ...
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... fruit from Michaelmas to Christmas . This is a very valuable apple , and a most excellent bearer . The extreme buds are mostly blossom buds , which occasion the branches to become pendulous when the fruit is fully grown . It is said to ...
... fruit from Michaelmas to Christmas . This is a very valuable apple , and a most excellent bearer . The extreme buds are mostly blossom buds , which occasion the branches to become pendulous when the fruit is fully grown . It is said to ...
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... Fruit small , formed with the most perfect regularity of outline , a little more long than broad . Crown quite flat . Eye large , in proportion to the size of the fruit , but very shallow , surrounded by a fine thin russet . Skin pale ...
... Fruit small , formed with the most perfect regularity of outline , a little more long than broad . Crown quite flat . Eye large , in proportion to the size of the fruit , but very shallow , surrounded by a fine thin russet . Skin pale ...
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... fruit grown in the Horticultural garden at Chiswick in 1830 . 34. PADLEY'S PIPPIN . Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p . 69 . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 720. Pom . Mag . t . 151 . Fruit rather small , and somewhat flat , one inch and a half deep ...
... fruit grown in the Horticultural garden at Chiswick in 1830 . 34. PADLEY'S PIPPIN . Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p . 69 . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 720. Pom . Mag . t . 151 . Fruit rather small , and somewhat flat , one inch and a half deep ...
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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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