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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... colour , but it has a tender shell ; one side is usually straight , and the other rounded . This sort is budded upon ... coloured , porous , and tender ; the kernel plump , rich , and sweet . 5. AMANDE SULTANA . - This resembles the ...
... colour , but it has a tender shell ; one side is usually straight , and the other rounded . This sort is budded upon ... coloured , porous , and tender ; the kernel plump , rich , and sweet . 5. AMANDE SULTANA . - This resembles the ...
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... colour of the corolla is white , tinged with rose - coloured stains , especially on the edge of the petals . Mons . Thouin very justly remarks , " that the dense , dark green , shining foliage during three fourths of the year ...
... colour of the corolla is white , tinged with rose - coloured stains , especially on the edge of the petals . Mons . Thouin very justly remarks , " that the dense , dark green , shining foliage during three fourths of the year ...
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... colour , interspersed with several grey russetty specks on the sunny side , and full of mi- nute , pearl - coloured , imbedded specks . Flesh pale bright gold colour , crisp . Juice rich , saccharine , of the most delicious flavour of ...
... colour , interspersed with several grey russetty specks on the sunny side , and full of mi- nute , pearl - coloured , imbedded specks . Flesh pale bright gold colour , crisp . Juice rich , saccharine , of the most delicious flavour of ...
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... colour on the shaded side , with a few green specks imbedded beneath the surface ; on the sunny side , of a bright gold colour . Flesh yellowish white , very tender . Juice a little sac- charine , with a slight acid and a little perfume ...
... colour on the shaded side , with a few green specks imbedded beneath the surface ; on the sunny side , of a bright gold colour . Flesh yellowish white , very tender . Juice a little sac- charine , with a slight acid and a little perfume ...
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... colour ; on the sunny side , especially near the crown , it is wholly deep red . Flesh soft , white , tinctured more or less with pale red to the core . Cells large , open , five- angled . Juice sweet , but not rich . A culinary apple ...
... colour ; on the sunny side , especially near the crown , it is wholly deep red . Flesh soft , white , tinctured more or less with pale red to the core . Cells large , open , five- angled . Juice sweet , but not rich . A culinary apple ...
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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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apex apple from November August Bergamot Beurré Black Borecole branches buds bunches calyx cavity Chiswick cloth colour crown cultivated deep deeply inserted dessert apple Duhamel Early espalier excellent Eye small Flesh firm Flesh pale Flesh white Flesh yellowish Flowers Forsyth Frontignan Fruit large Fruit middle-sized garden glands greenish yellow half an inch Herefordshire high flavoured Hort Horticultural inch long inches and three Jard Juice plentiful juicy Langley Lindl melting Mignonne Miller Muscadine Muscat of Alexandria Nectarines Nonpareil oblong open standard oval Parmain Pavie Peach Pear Pippin plants pruning purple quarters in diameter Quince Reinette rich Ripe the beginning Ripe the end Ripe the middle ripened roundish Royal russet russetty saccharine Scarlet Sea Kale seed shaded side shoots slender sorts specks Stalk an inch Stalk half Stalk short stone sugary sunny side suture sweet three inches tinged Trans tree Twickenham Violet wall