. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. 492 THE Doyerme Defaia. Doyenne Defais. Tree moderately vigorous, productive. Fruit r^ediam, tr;;ti cate, conic, or very obtuse-pyriform. SMn waxen yellow, with a bright crimson cheet. Stalk rather long, curved, inserted in a deep, abrupt, uneven cavity. Calyx open, segments persistent, basin large and open. Flesh white, jui
. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. 492 THE Doyerme Defaia. Doyenne Defais. Tree moderately vigorous, productive. Fruit r^ediam, tr;;ti cate, conic, or very obtuse-pyriform. SMn waxen yellow, with a bright crimson cheet. Stalk rather long, curved, inserted in a deep, abrupt, uneven cavity. Calyx open, segments persistent, basin large and open. Flesh white, juicy, buttery, melting. Flavour sweet, rich, and delightfully perfumed. October, No- vember. ' Doyenne Downing. Leroy. ' Raised by Andre Leroy, and dedicated to the late A. J. Down- ing. Tree moderately vigorous. Fruit medium, obtuse pyriform^ inclining to turbinate, skm greenish-yellow, sprinkled and netteJI with russet,-very slightly shaded with crimson, and thickly^cov- ered with russet dots. Flesh fine, buttery, juicy, melting, with a, Bweet, vinoijs, rich, perfumed flavour, somewhat aromati^> OcU. 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 Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852; Downing, Charles. New York : J. Wiley
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