The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . etioles, long, about one and a half inches in length, little tingedwith red, and moderately stout. Flowers.—Medium size; petals, roundish ovate, neatly cupped;clusters, compact. Fruit.—Veiy large, about four inches long, and three inches in di-ameter : Form, oblong, or obtuse pyramidal, large at the crown, slightlycontracted in the middle, obtuse at the stem, with a somewhat unevensurface : Skin, slightly rough, of a clear cinnamon russet, with numer-o
The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . etioles, long, about one and a half inches in length, little tingedwith red, and moderately stout. Flowers.—Medium size; petals, roundish ovate, neatly cupped;clusters, compact. Fruit.—Veiy large, about four inches long, and three inches in di-ameter : Form, oblong, or obtuse pyramidal, large at the crown, slightlycontracted in the middle, obtuse at the stem, with a somewhat unevensurface : Skin, slightly rough, of a clear cinnamon russet, with numer-ous darker colored specks, acquiring, at maturity, a deep reddish tinton the sunny side : Stem, short, about half an inch long, very stout,fleshy at the base, obliquely inserted without any cavity, but surroundedby a few uneven projections: Eye, small, open, and but shghtly de-pressed in a veiy shallow basin, somewhat ribbed; segments of thecalyx, short, stiff, pointed, complete: Flesh, yellowish, rather coarse,melting and juicy: Flavor, saccharine, sprightly, perfumed and de-licious : Core, medium size : Seeds, small, ovate, Ripe in November, and keeps nearly a month. [74]
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