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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Page 11
... four slight ridges divide it lengthways , and give it a somewhat square outline . Stalk moderately thick , rather long , placed in a funnel- shaped cavity . Eye placed in the bottom of a hollow , scooped out like a funnel , and larger ...
... four slight ridges divide it lengthways , and give it a somewhat square outline . Stalk moderately thick , rather long , placed in a funnel- shaped cavity . Eye placed in the bottom of a hollow , scooped out like a funnel , and larger ...
Page 14
... four inches deep , sixteen inches in circumference , and weighed nineteen ounces . From this fruit the drawing above referred to in the Hort . Trans . was taken . 23. FLOWER OF KENT . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 338 . Fruit rather large ...
... four inches deep , sixteen inches in circumference , and weighed nineteen ounces . From this fruit the drawing above referred to in the Hort . Trans . was taken . 23. FLOWER OF KENT . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 338 . Fruit rather large ...
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... Four of these trees are now growing in the gardens of J. J. Bedingfeld , Esq . at Ditchingham Hall , in Norfolk . They grow to a large size , are very hardy , and great bearers . The fruit are , for the most part , produced singly on ...
... Four of these trees are now growing in the gardens of J. J. Bedingfeld , Esq . at Ditchingham Hall , in Norfolk . They grow to a large size , are very hardy , and great bearers . The fruit are , for the most part , produced singly on ...
Page 38
... broadest at the base , two and a half to three inches deep , and three to four inches across the widest part . Eye very Eye very hollow and open , but slightly angular . Skin yellowish , 38 APPLES . Love-Apples Mangel Wurzel, 7.
... broadest at the base , two and a half to three inches deep , and three to four inches across the widest part . Eye very Eye very hollow and open , but slightly angular . Skin yellowish , 38 APPLES . Love-Apples Mangel Wurzel, 7.
Page 44
... Horticultural Garden at Chiswick , which measures three inches and a quarter deep , and four inches in diameter . This very valuable apple was brought from Holland into the 44 APPLES . Nasturtiums New Zealand Spinach, 72.
... Horticultural Garden at Chiswick , which measures three inches and a quarter deep , and four inches in diameter . This very valuable apple was brought from Holland into the 44 APPLES . Nasturtiums New Zealand Spinach, 72.
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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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