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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... ripened specimens should be those that supply the seed . A seedling plant will always partake more or less of the character of its parent , the qualities of which are con- centrated in the embryo when it has arrived at full maturity ...
... ripened specimens should be those that supply the seed . A seedling plant will always partake more or less of the character of its parent , the qualities of which are con- centrated in the embryo when it has arrived at full maturity ...
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... ripen mostly in August , and are usually eaten during harvest . Those of the second flowering succeed the first , and may be brought to table till the end of October ; they are quite as good as the first , but are not bigger than a ...
... ripen mostly in August , and are usually eaten during harvest . Those of the second flowering succeed the first , and may be brought to table till the end of October ; they are quite as good as the first , but are not bigger than a ...
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... ripen very well , and keep till Novem- ber . This is eaten raw ; but if roasted it acquires a delicate and sweet flavour ... ripened . The blossoms are produced in corymbs of twelve or fifteen flowers in the first season of blos- soming ...
... ripen very well , and keep till Novem- ber . This is eaten raw ; but if roasted it acquires a delicate and sweet flavour ... ripened . The blossoms are produced in corymbs of twelve or fifteen flowers in the first season of blos- soming ...
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... 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 . A culinary apple in October and ...
... 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 . A culinary apple in October and ...
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... ripen its wood perfectly , it will be found hardy , without exhibiting those alarming signs of decay which have been held out as a presage of its speedy death . Ripe in October , and will keep two months , or till past Christmas . 27 ...
... ripen its wood perfectly , it will be found hardy , without exhibiting those alarming signs of decay which have been held out as a presage of its speedy death . Ripe in October , and will keep two months , or till past Christmas . 27 ...
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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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