. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 380 rmi PEAft. him here, i\ the pear season, a great many varieties, which he boldly denoLnces as " rejected outcasts," bearing as handsome and abundant crops as any kinds originated withm the last ten years. We shall recur to this subject more at length, here- after, and will only state now, that by propagation on unhealthy stocks, in a bad soil or climate, many sorts of pear have become so enfeebled, as to be nearly worthless, near the sea-coast— where, indeed, only the hardier sorts will long continue fair and excelle
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 380 rmi PEAft. him here, i\ the pear season, a great many varieties, which he boldly denoLnces as " rejected outcasts," bearing as handsome and abundant crops as any kinds originated withm the last ten years. We shall recur to this subject more at length, here- after, and will only state now, that by propagation on unhealthy stocks, in a bad soil or climate, many sorts of pear have become so enfeebled, as to be nearly worthless, near the sea-coast— where, indeed, only the hardier sorts will long continue fair and excellent. On the other hand, the same sort, (if the tree has not been brought already diseased from the sea-board,) will thrive and bear with all its natural vigour in the interiour. And, finally, we have observed, that some of the newest Flemish pears, being naturally of feeble habit, already show the same marks of decay or want of vigour as the oldest sorts. In describing pears, we shall, as usual, designate the size by comparison, as follows. Large, as the Beurre Diel or Bartlett; medium^ as the Doyenne or Virgalieu ; small, as the Seckel. With regard to form, pyriform, as the Beurre Bosc ; obtuse-py- riform, as the Bartlett; obcwate, (egg-shaped reversed,) as the Doyenne or Virgalieu ; turbinate, (top-shaped,) as the Dear- born's Seedling ; roundish^ as the Gansel's Pyriform. Obovate. Turbinate. RoundisTu Fig. 131. Forms of Pears. With regard to the texture of the flesh ; buttery, as the Doy- enne and Bartlett; crisp,.dis the Summer Bonchretien ; juicy, as the Napoleon, and St. Germain ; as, in apples, the blossom end is called the eye, the remains of the blossom found there, the calyx, and the hollow in which it is placed, the basin* Class I. Summer Pears, 1. Amire Joannet. Thomp. Early sugar, Pom Man. Sugar Pear. Joannette. Harvest Pear. St. John s Pear. St. Jean. Archduc d'ete ? This fruit, better known here, as the Early Sugar pear, is one of the very earliest, r
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