Book of Fruits, Being a Descriptive Catalogue of the Most Valuable Varieties of the Pear, Apple, Peach, Plum & Cherry, for New England CultureIves & Jewett, 1838 - 120 pages |
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AGRICULTURAL apple bears young beautiful Beurre blossom end Bollwiller bright red cheek cherry culture dark red delicious dull red dull yellow early England Essex County finest Flemish pears flesh juicy flesh melting flesh rich flesh tender flesh white flesh yellow FLOWER SEEDS form oblong form oval form round freestone peach Fruit large Fruit of medium fruit ripens Fruit Trees fully ripe Gooseberries grafting Grape greenish yellow high flavoured inches light yellow London Horticultural Society mixed with russet Nursery October and November orchard ORNAMENTAL TREES pear originated plants plum Pomology pruning quince rate fruit rieties Ripe in August Ripe in July Ripe in October Ripe in September roots Salem scion season September and October shape shoots side exposed skin a bright skin a dark skin light skin yellow soil sometimes large Spring stem striped sweet tapering tree bears varieties vigorous growth winter yellow russet