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 11
... 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 is ripe . Skin of a very deep , dull red on the ...
... 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 is ripe . Skin of a very deep , dull red on the ...
Page 14
... cavity of the base . Flesh white , firm , juicy , sweet mixed with acid , little perfumed , very rich and agreeable . A very excellent autumn dessert apple , in perfection about the end of August , and will keep sound till Christmas ...
... cavity of the base . Flesh white , firm , juicy , sweet mixed with acid , little perfumed , very rich and agreeable . A very excellent autumn dessert apple , in perfection about the end of August , and will keep sound till Christmas ...
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... cavity . Skin bright deep yellow , somewhat scabrous , with a tinge of green , sprinkled with numerous grey and dark - coloured specks or spots . Flesh pale yellow , crisp , tender . Juice rich , of a poignant aromatic flavour . A most ...
... cavity . Skin bright deep yellow , somewhat scabrous , with a tinge of green , sprinkled with numerous grey and dark - coloured specks or spots . Flesh pale yellow , crisp , tender . Juice rich , of a poignant aromatic flavour . A most ...
Page 18
... cavity . Skin covered with a fine bloom , with broad , broken , irregular stripes of red next the sun , and paler and more distant marking of the same kind in the shade . Flesh firm , yellowish white , occasionally tinged with pink next ...
... cavity . Skin covered with a fine bloom , with broad , broken , irregular stripes of red next the sun , and paler and more distant marking of the same kind in the shade . Flesh firm , yellowish white , occasionally tinged with pink next ...
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... cavity , seldom projecting beyond the base . Skin pale yellow , spotted and marbled with orange , with numerous broken stripes and patches of brick - red on the sunny side . Flesh white , soft , and tender . Juice plentiful , a little ...
... cavity , seldom projecting beyond the base . Skin pale yellow , spotted and marbled with orange , with numerous broken stripes and patches of brick - red on the sunny side . Flesh white , soft , and tender . Juice plentiful , a little ...
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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