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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... . They grow to a large size , are very hardy , and great bearers . The fruit are , for the most . part , produced singly on the branches : they are , in consequence , always more perfectly formed than those growing in c 3 APPLES . 21.
... . They grow to a large size , are very hardy , and great bearers . The fruit are , for the most . part , produced singly on the branches : they are , in consequence , always more perfectly formed than those growing in c 3 APPLES . 21.
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... branches are long and strong , and it makes a large wide - spreading tree . 55. JUBILEE PIPPIN . Hort . Trans . Vol . v . p . 400 . Fruit above the middle size , two inches and three quarters deep , and the same in diameter , rather ...
... branches are long and strong , and it makes a large wide - spreading tree . 55. JUBILEE PIPPIN . Hort . Trans . Vol . v . p . 400 . Fruit above the middle size , two inches and three quarters deep , and the same in diameter , rather ...
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... branches are loaded with fruit , while the spurs on the older ones are crowded to excess . This and the Haw- thornden might , with great propriety , be recommended for the poor cottager's garden ; and whoever , as a land- lord , plants ...
... branches are loaded with fruit , while the spurs on the older ones are crowded to excess . This and the Haw- thornden might , with great propriety , be recommended for the poor cottager's garden ; and whoever , as a land- lord , plants ...
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... not plentiful , but rich , and of a high aromatic flavour . A most excellent and beautiful dessert apple from October till Christmas . In some seasons , however , it is in perfection in September . The branches of this tree 34 APPLES .
... not plentiful , but rich , and of a high aromatic flavour . A most excellent and beautiful dessert apple from October till Christmas . In some seasons , however , it is in perfection in September . The branches of this tree 34 APPLES .
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... branches are short and very stout , and its fruit is of a greater specific variety than any other apple with which I am acquainted . 72. BLENHEIM PIPPIN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 81 . Pom . Mag . t . 28 . Blenheim Orange . Hort . Soc ...
... branches are short and very stout , and its fruit is of a greater specific variety than any other apple with which I am acquainted . 72. BLENHEIM PIPPIN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 81 . Pom . Mag . t . 28 . Blenheim Orange . Hort . Soc ...
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