The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . ^ THE ST MICHAEL AHCHA¥GEl PEAPl. fi-ucts of ilmerrca.,,Plate T? Drayoi frora Jatnre & CfiroTHo Iititf THE SAINT MICHAEL ARCHANGEL Saint Michael Archangel. Magazine of Horticulture, vol. xvii. 1851. Plumbgastel, Magazine of Horticvlture, vol. of some French Cultivators. The Saint Michael Archange, as it is usually calledin the French Catalogues, is a pear which has butrecently become known to American cultivators, though
The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . ^ THE ST MICHAEL AHCHA¥GEl PEAPl. fi-ucts of ilmerrca.,,Plate T? Drayoi frora Jatnre & CfiroTHo Iititf THE SAINT MICHAEL ARCHANGEL Saint Michael Archangel. Magazine of Horticulture, vol. xvii. 1851. Plumbgastel, Magazine of Horticvlture, vol. of some French Cultivators. The Saint Michael Archange, as it is usually calledin the French Catalogues, is a pear which has butrecently become known to American cultivators, thoughit was introduced as long ago as 1840, and fruited inthe late Mr. Mannings collection at Salem, under thename of Plumbgastel; subsequently we described andfigured it in the Magazine of Horticulture, (1846) asa new variety under the latter name, and we contin-ued to cultivate it for three or four years as the Plumb-gastel, when we detected the error before it had bornefruit, from the peculiar character of the tree, which isso strongly marked that a careful observer could hardly fail to notice is an excellent pear, of lai^ge size, handsome and regular form, anddelicious flavor. The tree produces sparingly while young, which hasled some cultivators to consider it a shy bearer; but w
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