Elliott's fruit book; or, The Elliott's fruit book; or, The American fruit-grower's guide in orchard and garden. Being a compend of the history, modes of propagation, culture, etc., of fruit trees and shrubs, with descriptions of nearly all the varieties of fruits cultivated in this country; notes of their adaptation to localities and soils, and also a complete list of fruits worthy of cultivation elliottsfruitbo00elli Year: 1858 WORTHY GENERAL CULTIVATION. SOLDAT d'EsPERIN EsPERIN SOLDIER. Soldat Laboureur d'Esperin 337 This variety is usually grown in this country under the name of Sol-
Elliott's fruit book; or, The Elliott's fruit book; or, The American fruit-grower's guide in orchard and garden. Being a compend of the history, modes of propagation, culture, etc., of fruit trees and shrubs, with descriptions of nearly all the varieties of fruits cultivated in this country; notes of their adaptation to localities and soils, and also a complete list of fruits worthy of cultivation elliottsfruitbo00elli Year: 1858 WORTHY GENERAL CULTIVATION. SOLDAT d'EsPERIN EsPERIN SOLDIER. Soldat Laboureur d'Esperin 337 This variety is usually grown in this country under the name of Sol- dat Laboureur. It is entirely distinct from the ' Soldat Laboureur ' of the French, which is regarded as our Beurre d'Aremberg. It was grown by Major Esperin, of Malines ; is of strong, vigorous, upright growth, yellowish brown wood, succeeding finely on the quince, producing abundantly, and its fruit well disseminated over the tree, always large and fair, but of only second-rate quality. Fruit, large, generally oblong obovate pyriform, sometimes obo- vate pyriform; color, greenish yellow, becoming yellow, with many patches, stripes and dots of russet; stem, short, stout, curved, in a slight round depression, or rather a raised lip one side ; calyx, open, sometimes round, regular, and without divisions, others have stout persistent segments in divisions ; core, compact, with outer concentric 15
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