. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. FIG. 2. VIEW OF A COMMON COUNTRY RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 13 cultivators, to be the first of winter pearsfor this climate. The tree, hardy, uniformlyproductive, and holding its fruit well; thefruit itself high flavored, maturing perfectlyin all situations, and always keeping andripening admirably ; what better characteris necessary to place it foremost among se-lect and valuable varieties? Among autumn pears, the Beurre Boscproves, year after year, equally deservingof praise. Its branches are regularly ladenwith large, fair, and
. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. FIG. 2. VIEW OF A COMMON COUNTRY RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 13 cultivators, to be the first of winter pearsfor this climate. The tree, hardy, uniformlyproductive, and holding its fruit well; thefruit itself high flavored, maturing perfectlyin all situations, and always keeping andripening admirably ; what better characteris necessary to place it foremost among se-lect and valuable varieties? Among autumn pears, the Beurre Boscproves, year after year, equally deservingof praise. Its branches are regularly ladenwith large, fair, and beautiful specimens,of a fine yellow, touched with a littlecinnamon russet, w^hich ripen gradual-ly, and always attain a delicious many sorts of pears, it is unfortunatelythe case that only one fruit in ten is a reallyfine specimen. With the Beurre Bosc, it isjust the reverse; scarcely one in ten isblemished in appearance, or defective inflavor. It is, in short, a standard fruit ofthe highest excellence, and worthy of uni-versal cultivation. Dearborns Seedling.—This most excel-lent l
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