. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 4UTUMN FEilKS. 415 pale green, washed with pale brown on the sunny side, and doU ted with brownish specks. Calyx small, set on the narrow crown without being sunk. Flesh soft, juicy, with a swee somewhat musky flavour, October. 174, Seckel. § Coxe. Lind. Thomp. Seckle Syckle. Sickel. Red Cheeked Seckel. New-York Red Cheek. We do not hesitate to pronounce this American pear the rich- est and most exquisitely flavoured variety known. In its high- ly concentrated, spicy, and honied flavour, it is not sur- passed, nor indeed equalled,
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 4UTUMN FEilKS. 415 pale green, washed with pale brown on the sunny side, and doU ted with brownish specks. Calyx small, set on the narrow crown without being sunk. Flesh soft, juicy, with a swee somewhat musky flavour, October. 174, Seckel. § Coxe. Lind. Thomp. Seckle Syckle. Sickel. Red Cheeked Seckel. New-York Red Cheek. We do not hesitate to pronounce this American pear the rich- est and most exquisitely flavoured variety known. In its high- ly concentrated, spicy, and honied flavour, it is not sur- passed, nor indeed equalled, by any European variety. When we add to this, that the tree is the healthiest and har- diest of all pear trees, forming a fine, compact, symmetrical head, and bearing regular and abundant crops in clusters at the ends of the branches, it is i easy to see that we consider [no garden complete without it. Indeed we think it in- dispensable in the smallest garden. The stout, short- jointed olive-coloured wood, l^ifmo^SMT^ distinguishes this variety, a^ well as the peculiar reddish-brown colour of the fruit. The soil should receive a top-dressing of manure frequently, when the size of the pear is an object. The Seckel pear originated on the farm of Mr. Seckel, about four miles from Philadelphia.* * The precise origin of the Seckel pear is unknown. The first pomologists of Europe have pronounced that it is entirely distinct from any European variety, and its affinity to the Rousselet, a well known German pear, leads to the suppo- sition that the seeds of the latter pear having been brought here by sora?e of the Germans settling near Philadelphia, by chance produced this superiour seedling. However this may be, the following morceau of its history maybe relied on as au- thentic, it having been related by the late venerable Bishop White, whose tena- city of memory is well known. About 80 years ago, when the Bishop was a lad, ^here was a well known sportsman and cattle dealer in Phila
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