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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... becoming branches , bearing sepals and petals instead of leaves . It is , therefore , easily to be understood why , so long as all the motions in the fluids and secretions of a tree go on rapidly , with vigour , and without interruption ...
... becoming branches , bearing sepals and petals instead of leaves . It is , therefore , easily to be understood why , so long as all the motions in the fluids and secretions of a tree go on rapidly , with vigour , and without interruption ...
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... becoming nearly white when fully ripe . Flesh whitish , firm , crisp , very juicy , with a most agreeable , lively , sweetish sub - acid flavour . An excellent summer apple , ripe the beginning of August , but if kept above a week or ...
... becoming nearly white when fully ripe . Flesh whitish , firm , crisp , very juicy , with a most agreeable , lively , sweetish sub - acid flavour . An excellent summer apple , ripe the beginning of August , but if kept above a week or ...
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... becoming bright yel- low when highly ripened , marbled and streaked with red on the sunny side , like the Nonesuch . Flesh pale yellowish white , tender . Juice rather thin , smart , slightly saccharine , and of a very pleasant flavour ...
... becoming bright yel- low when highly ripened , marbled and streaked with red on the sunny side , like the Nonesuch . Flesh pale yellowish white , tender . Juice rather thin , smart , slightly saccharine , and of a very pleasant flavour ...
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... becoming mealy . Juice plentiful , of a rich saccharine flavour . An Irish dessert apple , ripen- ing in October , and continuing till Christmas . 40. STRIPED HOLLAND PIPPIN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 1075 . Fruit pretty large , of a very ...
... becoming mealy . Juice plentiful , of a rich saccharine flavour . An Irish dessert apple , ripen- ing in October , and continuing till Christmas . 40. STRIPED HOLLAND PIPPIN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 1075 . Fruit pretty large , of a very ...
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... becoming yellow , tinged with orange where exposed to the sun , slightly marked with thin russet . Flesh yellowish white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , combined with a smart brisk acid . A very fine and ...
... becoming yellow , tinged with orange where exposed to the sun , slightly marked with thin russet . Flesh yellowish white , very crisp and tender . Juice plentiful , saccharine , combined with a smart brisk acid . A very fine and ...
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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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