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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... base . Skin pale yellow , with numerous small pearl - coloured imbedded specks , and slightly tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , and highly perfumed . A dessert ...
... base . Skin pale yellow , with numerous small pearl - coloured imbedded specks , and slightly tinged with orange on the sunny side . Flesh white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , and highly perfumed . A dessert ...
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... base , and two inches and three quar- ters deep , slightly angular on its sides , and tapering to a narrow crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx , slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather ...
... base , and two inches and three quar- ters deep , slightly angular on its sides , and tapering to a narrow crown . Eye closed by broad , short segments of the calyx , slightly sunk in a narrow , oblique , plaited hollow . Stalk rather ...
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... base , which is broad , to the crown , where it is small and narrow . Eye large , and deeply seated in a per- fectly smooth round basin . Stalk three quarters of an inch long , not protruded beyond the base . Skin greenish yellow ...
... base , which is broad , to the crown , where it is small and narrow . Eye large , and deeply seated in a per- fectly smooth round basin . Stalk three quarters of an inch long , not protruded beyond the base . Skin greenish yellow ...
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... base . Eye slightly sunk in an even hollow , surrounded by very minute plaits , generally closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk short , slender , in a deep cavity . Skin bright deep yellow , somewhat scabrous , with a tinge of ...
... base . Eye slightly sunk in an even hollow , surrounded by very minute plaits , generally closed by the segments of the calyx . Stalk short , slender , in a deep cavity . Skin bright deep yellow , somewhat scabrous , with a tinge of ...
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... base to the crown . This has occasioned the Hawthornden to be represented in the figure quoted above as having a cleft on its side ; but neither this nor yet any other apple has one naturally . Sutures , or channels in fruit , are no ...
... base to the crown . This has occasioned the Hawthornden to be represented in the figure quoted above as having a cleft on its side ; but neither this nor yet any other apple has one naturally . Sutures , or channels in fruit , are no ...
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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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