The Fruit Manual; containing the descriptions & synonymes of the fruits and fruit trees commonly met with in the Gardens ... of Great Britain, etc |
Common terms and phrases
abundant bearer Alicante aroma bears freely Bergamot Berries Beurré Bigarreau Black Black July Black Muscat blue bloom brisk brown russet Bush buttery Chasselas Colmar colour crimson crisp d'Hiver delicious dessert apple Doyenné Early excellent bearer Eye large Eye open Eye small first-rate dessert flattened Flesh firm Flesh pale Flesh tender Flesh white Flesh yellow Flesh yellowish Flesh yellowish-white Fondante Frontignan Fruit large Fruit medium sized Glands Golden Green Gage half an inch inch long inserted without depression Ischia juicy melting Muscadine Muscat Muscat of Alexandria Nonpareil November obovate oval pear Pippin purple Ribston Pippin rich richly flavoured Ripe in October ripens round roundish roundish-oval russet dots September shaded side shallow basin Shoots smooth Skin greenish-yellow Skin pale yellow Skin smooth Skin thin Skin yellow slender small and open Stalk an inch Stalk half Stalk short Stalk three quarters stone stout sugary suture sweet thick tinge tree variety vinous
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Fruit Manual; containing the descriptions & synonymes of the fruits and fruit trees commonly met with in the Gardens ... of Great Britain, etc |
| Author | Robert HOGG (LL.D., F.L.S.) |
| Published | 1866 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | Jun 5, 2013 |
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