Archive image from page 125 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhard00hedr Year: 1922 102 SOUVENIR DU CONGRES SUDDUTH pointed ; margin finely serrate; petiole 1V inches long. Flowers 1 inches across, in dense clusters, 13 or 11 buds in a cluster. Fruit matures in October; large, 2 inches long, 2'A inches wide, uniform in size and shape, turbinate, symmetrical ; stem inch long, thick, nearly straight; cavity obtuse, deep, furrowed, occasionally lipped; calyx large, open; lobes very broad, obtuse; basin wide, obtuse, sjTnmetrical; skin thick, granular,
Archive image from page 125 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhard00hedr Year: 1922 102 SOUVENIR DU CONGRES SUDDUTH pointed ; margin finely serrate; petiole 1V inches long. Flowers 1 inches across, in dense clusters, 13 or 11 buds in a cluster. Fruit matures in October; large, 2 inches long, 2'A inches wide, uniform in size and shape, turbinate, symmetrical ; stem inch long, thick, nearly straight; cavity obtuse, deep, furrowed, occasionally lipped; calyx large, open; lobes very broad, obtuse; basin wide, obtuse, sjTnmetrical; skin thick, granular, tender, roughish ; color dull greenish-yellow with a faint brownish-red blush overspread with russet nettings and streaks ; dots numerous, small, russet; flesh whitish, some- what granular, tender and melting, very juicy, sweet and vinous, with a rich and pleasantly aromatic flavor; quality very good to best; core large, closed, with clasping core-lines; caljl-tube short, wide, conical; seeds acute. SOUVENIR DU CONGRES. Fig. 96. Congress, Souvenir. Very similar to Clapp Favorite and Bartlett, and not as good as either in fruit, Souvenir du Congres hardly merits a place in American pomology. Yet 96. Souvenir du Congres. (X) since the crop ripens between those of the two sorts with which it has been compared, and because the fruits are larger and often hand- somer, the variety may be worthy a place in collections. The fruits are said to be larger and of better quality when the tree is double- worked on the quince. The tree is remarkable for vigor, hardihood to cold, and healthfulness; and bears so abundantly that the crop must be thinned to prevent breaking of branches. Souvenir du Congres owes its origin to Fran- gois Morel, Lyons, France. M. Morel sowed seeds in 1852,' and one of the resultant trees bore fruit in 1863, and was named Souvenir du Congres. Tree medium in size and vigor, upright-spreading, open-topped, very productive; branches zigzag, dull reddish-brown, marke
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