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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... sweet and well flavoured . 4. AMANDE DES DAMES . -This is eaten dry , and cultivated as an article of commerce , in the southern parts of France . The nut exceeds an inch in length , is of an oval shape , and thicker in proportion than ...
... sweet and well flavoured . 4. AMANDE DES DAMES . -This is eaten dry , and cultivated as an article of commerce , in the southern parts of France . The nut exceeds an inch in length , is of an oval shape , and thicker in proportion than ...
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... 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 . Mag . t . 96 . Glace ...
... 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 . Mag . t . 96 . Glace ...
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... sweet , with a slight aromatic flavour . Ripe in August and beginning of September . The branches of this tree droop in the manner of a Jargonelle Pear . It is an abundant bearer , and deserves cultivation . The original tree , which is ...
... sweet , with a slight aromatic flavour . Ripe in August and beginning of September . The branches of this tree droop in the manner of a Jargonelle Pear . It is an abundant bearer , and deserves cultivation . The original tree , which is ...
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... 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 country it does well as an open ...
... 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 country it does well as an open ...
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... sweet flavour , and it is also very agreeable when stewed . Mons . André Thouin , from whom the above is taken , has given an interesting account of this singular apple . The original tree , which bears three thousand apples an- nually ...
... sweet flavour , and it is also very agreeable when stewed . Mons . André Thouin , from whom the above is taken , has given an interesting account of this singular apple . The original tree , which bears three thousand apples an- nually ...
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