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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... original tree , a very old one , or the trunk of it , with a strong sucker from its root , was growing in May , 1827 , at its native place , Wyken , two miles from Coventry . The seed , it is said , was planted by a Lord Craven , who ...
... original tree , a very old one , or the trunk of it , with a strong sucker from its root , was growing in May , 1827 , at its native place , Wyken , two miles from Coventry . The seed , it is said , was planted by a Lord Craven , who ...
Page 30
... original character . Healthy , robust , and substantial trees are only to be obtained by grafting on stocks of the real sour Hedge- Crab ; they then grow freely , erect , and form very hand- some heads , yielding fruit as superior to ...
... original character . Healthy , robust , and substantial trees are only to be obtained by grafting on stocks of the real sour Hedge- Crab ; they then grow freely , erect , and form very hand- some heads , yielding fruit as superior to ...
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... original tree now stands ; it is a hardy sort and a very good bearer . 68. BELLEDGE . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 65 . Fruit rather below the middle size , round , free from angles , and a little narrowed towards the crown . About two inches ...
... original tree now stands ; it is a hardy sort and a very good bearer . 68. BELLEDGE . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 65 . Fruit rather below the middle size , round , free from angles , and a little narrowed towards the crown . About two inches ...
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... original tree , owing to improper treatment , died about seven years afterwards . 69. * BELVOIR PIPPIN . Hort . Soc . Garden . I Fruit small , about the size , and very much the figure , of the Old Golden Pippin : about one inch and a ...
... original tree , owing to improper treatment , died about seven years afterwards . 69. * BELVOIR PIPPIN . Hort . Soc . Garden . I Fruit small , about the size , and very much the figure , of the Old Golden Pippin : about one inch and a ...
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... original tree of this apple is now growing in the garden of Mrs. Horrex , of Foulden in Norfolk . 135. GANGES . Nursery Catalogue . Fruit pretty large , of an oblong , irregular figure . Eye hollow . Stalk half an inch long , deeply ...
... original tree of this apple is now growing in the garden of Mrs. Horrex , of Foulden in Norfolk . 135. GANGES . Nursery Catalogue . Fruit pretty large , of an oblong , irregular figure . Eye hollow . Stalk half an inch long , deeply ...
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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 |
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