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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... head down the branch that is laid into the earth ; this is to call into action the buds below the incision , by stopping the general axis of deve- lopment . Another method is to tongue the layer , that is , to split the stem just up to ...
... head down the branch that is laid into the earth ; this is to call into action the buds below the incision , by stopping the general axis of deve- lopment . Another method is to tongue the layer , that is , to split the stem just up to ...
Page 30
... heads , yielding fruit as superior to those of our old orchards , as the old , and at present deteriorated , Codlin is to the Crab itself . 54. GREY LEADINGTON . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 545 . Fruit very large , oblong , broader at the ...
... heads , yielding fruit as superior to those of our old orchards , as the old , and at present deteriorated , Codlin is to the Crab itself . 54. GREY LEADINGTON . Hort . Soc . Cat . No. 545 . Fruit very large , oblong , broader at the ...
Page 65
... Head . Forsyth , Ed . 3. No. 21 . Costard . Ray , 1688 . Coustard , of the Norman Gardens . Fruit large , long , nearly as broad at the crown as the base , having usually three obtuse angles on the upper , and two more acute , which are ...
... Head . Forsyth , Ed . 3. No. 21 . Costard . Ray , 1688 . Coustard , of the Norman Gardens . Fruit large , long , nearly as broad at the crown as the base , having usually three obtuse angles on the upper , and two more acute , which are ...
Page 74
... head , is a very hardy orchard tree , and an excellent bearer . 144. KINELLAN APPLE . Hort . Trans . Vol . vii . p . 338 . The skin is a clear pale green , very little dotted , but strongly coloured with yellowish bright red on the ...
... head , is a very hardy orchard tree , and an excellent bearer . 144. KINELLAN APPLE . Hort . Trans . Vol . vii . p . 338 . The skin is a clear pale green , very little dotted , but strongly coloured with yellowish bright red on the ...
Page 113
... head and beak of a woodcock . 214. YELLOW ELLIOT . Pom . Heref . t . 17 . Fruit of a good size , rather more flat than long , having a few obtuse angles terminating in the crown . Eye small , with short diverging segments of the calyx ...
... head and beak of a woodcock . 214. YELLOW ELLIOT . Pom . Heref . t . 17 . Fruit of a good size , rather more flat than long , having a few obtuse angles terminating in the crown . Eye small , with short diverging segments of the calyx ...
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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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