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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... round figure , and free from angles on its sides , about two inches and a half in diameter , and two inches and a quarter deep . Eye small , with a short , closed calyx , in a very regular , rather shallow , saucer - shaped basin ...
... round figure , and free from angles on its sides , about two inches and a half in diameter , and two inches and a quarter deep . Eye small , with a short , closed calyx , in a very regular , rather shallow , saucer - shaped basin ...
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... round the eye . Flesh rather soft , greenish white , with a slightly saccharine juice , but not much flavour . A culinary apple in November and December , de- scribed from a fruit grown in the Horticultural garden at Chiswick in 1830 ...
... round the eye . Flesh rather soft , greenish white , with a slightly saccharine juice , but not much flavour . A culinary apple in November and December , de- scribed from a fruit grown in the Horticultural garden at Chiswick in 1830 ...
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... round , not much unlike the shape of a Nonesuch ; about two inches and a quarter deep , and two inches and three ... rounded with large plaits , the alternate ones being much the most prominent . Stalk an inch long , inserted in a deep ...
... round , not much unlike the shape of a Nonesuch ; about two inches and a quarter deep , and two inches and three ... rounded with large plaits , the alternate ones being much the most prominent . Stalk an inch long , inserted in a deep ...
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... round , free from angles , and a little narrowed towards the crown . About two inches and a quarter deep , and two inches and a half in diameter . Eye rather small , nearly closed by short , acute segments of the calyx , in a round ...
... round , free from angles , and a little narrowed towards the crown . About two inches and a quarter deep , and two inches and a half in diameter . Eye rather small , nearly closed by short , acute segments of the calyx , in a round ...
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... round its base . Flesh yellowish white , firm , crisp . Juice sugary , with a singularly musky perfume . A dessert apple from November till February . This is a German apple of very excellent quality . The fruit from which this account ...
... round its base . Flesh yellowish white , firm , crisp . Juice sugary , with a singularly musky perfume . A dessert apple from November till February . This is a German apple of very excellent quality . The fruit from which this account ...
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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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