. 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. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 818 THE PEAR. seeds, long, ovate, acute pyriform ; flesh, white, buttery, juicy, sweet. Season, January to May. BtJFFUM. American. Native of Rhode Island. It is very successful wherever grown, admirably a
. 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. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 818 THE PEAR. seeds, long, ovate, acute pyriform ; flesh, white, buttery, juicy, sweet. Season, January to May. BtJFFUM. American. Native of Rhode Island. It is very successful wherever grown, admirably adapt- ed to standard orchard- ing, an upright, strong grower, reddish brown shoots, always product- ive of fair, even-sized fruit; not, however, of more than second-rate quality. Fruit, medium, ob- long, obovate; color, brownish green, becom- ing yellow, bright red, suffused in sun; brown dots and a little russet; stem., half to inch long, slight depression; calyx, with short recurved seg- ments ; basin, round; core, rather small; seeds, dark brown ; flesh, white, buttery, sweet. Season, September. Black Black Pear of Worcester, Parkinson's Warden, Iron Pear. A valuable and profitable variety for marketing and cooking pur- poses ; shoots dark olive, diverging; tree, hardy, vigorous. Fruit, large, obovate, oblong; color, dull green, with numerous marblings and specks of dark iron russet; stem, stout, in a slight de- pression ; calyx, rather small; flesh, firm, coarse, austere. Season, November to February. Boussouck. Doyenne Boussouck, Doyenne Boussouck Nouvelle, Providence, Plymouth. Foreign. A variety, we believe, first introduced to this country in 1841, by Win. Kenrick; tree, vigorous; wood, reddish brown,. 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, F. R. (Franklin Reuben), 1817-
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