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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... firm , very juicy , sweet and agreeable , without perfume . Ripe the end of August , and will keep ten days or a fortnight . A very beautiful and excellent little dessert apple . 11. WHITE ASTRACAN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 23 . Pom ...
... firm , very juicy , sweet and agreeable , without perfume . Ripe the end of August , and will keep ten days or a fortnight . A very beautiful and excellent little dessert apple . 11. WHITE ASTRACAN . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 23 . Pom ...
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... firm . Juice not plentiful , but sweet , and of a very good flavour . Ripe the end of August and beginning of September , and will not keep long . This is one of the sorts usually planted against walls in the Carse of Gowrie . In this ...
... firm . Juice not plentiful , but sweet , and of a very good flavour . Ripe the end of August and beginning of September , and will not keep long . This is one of the sorts usually planted against walls in the Carse of Gowrie . In this ...
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... firm , juicy , sweet mixed with acid , little perfumed , very rich and agreeable . A very excellent autumn dessert apple , in perfection about the end of August , and will keep sound till Christmas . It is a healthy , hardy variety ...
... firm , juicy , sweet mixed with acid , little perfumed , very rich and agreeable . A very excellent autumn dessert apple , in perfection about the end of August , and will keep sound till Christmas . It is a healthy , hardy variety ...
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... firm , yellowish white , occasionally tinged with pink next the skin , with a rich and brisk flavour . A culinary apple from Michaelmas till Christmas . A very handsome and useful kind , supposed to have had its origin in Somersetshire ...
... firm , yellowish white , occasionally tinged with pink next the skin , with a rich and brisk flavour . A culinary apple from Michaelmas till Christmas . A very handsome and useful kind , supposed to have had its origin in Somersetshire ...
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... firm , juicy , and rich , nearly as highly flavoured as that of the Golden Pippin . An excellent and beautiful dessert apple , ripening the end of October , but not in perfection after having been gathered a few weeks . This and the ...
... firm , juicy , and rich , nearly as highly flavoured as that of the Golden Pippin . An excellent and beautiful dessert apple , ripening the end of October , but not in perfection after having been gathered a few weeks . This and the ...
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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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