. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. AUrUMN PEARS. 369 and the grayish-olive shoots, like the fruit, have a peculiarly speckled appearance. Every garden should have a specimen of this fruit. It ripens gradually, and may be kept a good while. Fruit of medium size, bergamot shaped, roundish, flattened at the eye. Skin pale yellowish-green, thickly sprinkled with conspicuous russet green dots. Stalk about an inch long, green, slightly curved, and inserted in a slight, flattened hollow. Calyx small, open, set in a shallow, rather abruptly sunken basin. Flesh white, very
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. AUrUMN PEARS. 369 and the grayish-olive shoots, like the fruit, have a peculiarly speckled appearance. Every garden should have a specimen of this fruit. It ripens gradually, and may be kept a good while. Fruit of medium size, bergamot shaped, roundish, flattened at the eye. Skin pale yellowish-green, thickly sprinkled with conspicuous russet green dots. Stalk about an inch long, green, slightly curved, and inserted in a slight, flattened hollow. Calyx small, open, set in a shallow, rather abruptly sunken basin. Flesh white, very fine-grained, buttery, juicy, with a sweet, delicate, perfu- ^^ med flavour. October. \ } 78. Bishop's Thumb. Thomp. Lind. A long, oddly-shaped, English pear, but jui- cy and excellent in fla- vour, indeed usually considered first rate. The tree bears abun- dant crops. Shoots grayish-olive. Fruit rather large, obiong and narrow, and tapering irregu- larly, usually a lit- tle knobbed. Skin dark yellowish-green, dotted with russet, of- ten nearly covered with russet specks,and having a russet red cheek. Stalk one to two inches long, slen- der, crooked, and set in a fleshy enlarge- ment. Calyx with spreading divisions, and set in a flat basin. Flesh juicy, melting, with a good, rich vinous flavor. October Fiff. 158. Bishofs Tkrnnh. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852. New York, Wiley & Halsted
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