A view of the cultivation of fruit trees, and the management of orchards and cider; with accurate descriptions of the most estimable varieties of native and foreign apples, pears, peaches, plums, and cherries, cultivated in the middle states of America: illustrated by cuts of two hundred kinds of fruits of the natural size .. . ws in clusters, producesa])undantly, and ripens about the middle of July. 7. THE SKINLESS, OR POIRE SANS PEAU. The size of this pfear is about that of the earlyCatharine—the skin is smooth and very thin—the co-lour a greenish yellow, with a little blush, scarcelypercept
A view of the cultivation of fruit trees, and the management of orchards and cider; with accurate descriptions of the most estimable varieties of native and foreign apples, pears, peaches, plums, and cherries, cultivated in the middle states of America: illustrated by cuts of two hundred kinds of fruits of the natural size .. . ws in clusters, producesa])undantly, and ripens about the middle of July. 7. THE SKINLESS, OR POIRE SANS PEAU. The size of this pfear is about that of the earlyCatharine—the skin is smooth and very thin—the co-lour a greenish yellow, with a little blush, scarcelyperceptible ; the stem is long and small—the flesh jui-cy, and breaking rather than melting, of a plea^lwjtsweet taste, very attractive to wasps and bees—thetree and foliage are of delicate growth—the time ofripening about the end of July. 8. FIN OR DeTE, or fine GOLD OF SUMMER. This is a very fine and beautiful pear—the size issmall, the form nearly round—the blossom end flat,the stem almost an inch long, growing a little on oneside—the skin has a small degree of roughness; of arich yellow on one side, and on the other a brilliantred, dotted with yellow; the flesh rich and juicy, brea-king, and highly flavoured; the growth of the treevigorous, with long hanging limbs—in perfection aboutthe twentieth of No. 1. Primitive, or Petit Muscat.
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