. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. 364 THE PEAR. Duchess of Angouleme. Duchesse d' Foreign. A valuable variety for market, on the quince, and on the quince only. High culture of this variety produces very large and ft very good" fruit, otherwise it is indifferent in size or character. Our drawing is from a small specimen. Fruit, large, oblong, obovate pyriform, dull greenish yellow, traced and dotted with russet; stem, rather long, stout; calyx, medium, partly open ; basin, deep, uneven ; core, below medium; seeds, oblong pyriform; flesh, white,
. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. 364 THE PEAR. Duchess of Angouleme. Duchesse d' Foreign. A valuable variety for market, on the quince, and on the quince only. High culture of this variety produces very large and ft very good" fruit, otherwise it is indifferent in size or character. Our drawing is from a small specimen. Fruit, large, oblong, obovate pyriform, dull greenish yellow, traced and dotted with russet; stem, rather long, stout; calyx, medium, partly open ; basin, deep, uneven ; core, below medium; seeds, oblong pyriform; flesh, white, buttery, juicy, '; very ; "October. The Striped Duchess d'Angouleme differs only in the fruit being striped, yellow and green. Duchesse of Orleans. St. Nicholas. Beurre St. Nicholas. Foreign. Tree moderately vigorous, upright, olive-colored wood, leaves dark blue green, narrow. Thus far productive and healthy on quince;. 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 Elliott, Franklin Reuben, 1817-1878. [from old catalog]. New York, C. M. Saxton
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