The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . SECOND FIRST FLOOR. lO ^y\ ^eede7- Pear. Dr. Reeder Pear. BY CHARLES DOWNING. \ ^^PECIMENS of this fine new pear were sent me in the autumn of 1866, and again this autumn, by Dr. Henry Reeder, of Varick, Seneca county, N. Y., and as far as I am able to judge from the specimens, think it will prove an acquisition, especially for home use, coming in at avarieties. The Doctor informs me it was raisedfrom a seed of Winter Nelis, and the treestanding next to a Seckel, it is probably across between the two. The tree is aboutfourte
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . SECOND FIRST FLOOR. lO ^y\ ^eede7- Pear. Dr. Reeder Pear. BY CHARLES DOWNING. \ ^^PECIMENS of this fine new pear were sent me in the autumn of 1866, and again this autumn, by Dr. Henry Reeder, of Varick, Seneca county, N. Y., and as far as I am able to judge from the specimens, think it will prove an acquisition, especially for home use, coming in at avarieties. The Doctor informs me it was raisedfrom a seed of Winter Nelis, and the treestanding next to a Seckel, it is probably across between the two. The tree is aboutfourteen years old, sixteen feet high, eightinches in circumference, and has been grownall the time in grass sod without any culti-vation or pruning. It is very healthy, vigo-rous, and of a spreading form, and an excel-lent bearer, having borne a good crop forseveral years in succession. The finest spe-cimens are about as large as a good-sizedVergalieu. It ripens the end of October,and continues in use during the month ofNovember. Young shoots, olive brown. Fruit rather below m
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