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 197
... melting , is pleasant . The leaves are variously cut , and die upon the tree of an orange hue . The Esperione Vine is prolific to an extraordinary degree , very hardy , and of most luxuriant growth , per- fecting its fruit equally well ...
... melting , is pleasant . The leaves are variously cut , and die upon the tree of an orange hue . The Esperione Vine is prolific to an extraordinary degree , very hardy , and of most luxuriant growth , per- fecting its fruit equally well ...
Page 232
... melting , sweet , and high flavoured weight from five to eight pounds . 3. EARLY CANTALOUP . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 3 . Fruit small , ribbed , nearly round . Skin whitish green , blotched with darker green . Flesh deep orange , juicy ...
... melting , sweet , and high flavoured weight from five to eight pounds . 3. EARLY CANTALOUP . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 3 . Fruit small , ribbed , nearly round . Skin whitish green , blotched with darker green . Flesh deep orange , juicy ...
Page 235
... melting ; when fully ripened very sweet , but rather insipid if imperfectly matured : it is always , however , cool and pleasant . This is a good deal like the next sort ; but the rind , when netted , exhibits coarse reticulations . The ...
... melting ; when fully ripened very sweet , but rather insipid if imperfectly matured : it is always , however , cool and pleasant . This is a good deal like the next sort ; but the rind , when netted , exhibits coarse reticulations . The ...
Page 237
... melting , and of excellent flavour . The later fruit becomes more pointed at the ends , and lose much of their reticulation on the surface , the dark green of the skin becoming darker . 24. GREEN VALENCIA . Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p ...
... melting , and of excellent flavour . The later fruit becomes more pointed at the ends , and lose much of their reticulation on the surface , the dark green of the skin becoming darker . 24. GREEN VALENCIA . Hort . Trans . Vol . iii . p ...
Page 244
... melting , and very juicy . Ripe the beginning and middle of September . This beautiful little peach was raised by T. A. Knight , Esq . , of Downton Castle , from a seed of the Sweet Al- mond , the blossom of which had been impregnated ...
... melting , and very juicy . Ripe the beginning and middle of September . This beautiful little peach was raised by T. A. Knight , Esq . , of Downton Castle , from a seed of the Sweet Al- mond , the blossom of which had been impregnated ...
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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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