The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . Fig. 63.—Cross to cover the rear entirely with the Vir- other fast-growing climber succeeding wellginia creeper, Aristolochia Sipho, or some in the , Feb. 24, 1866. 138 Tlie Horticulturist. PEARS—GENERAL TOTLEBEN AND EMILE DHEYST. BY CHARLES DOWNING, NEWBURGH, Emile dHeyst, a Belgian fruit; tree ofmoderate vigor. A healthy and good grower,but straggling, and not easily brought to apyramidal form. It seems well suited to thisclimate. Young wood, fawn or light brown; rather slender. Fruit large, or abovem
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . Fig. 63.—Cross to cover the rear entirely with the Vir- other fast-growing climber succeeding wellginia creeper, Aristolochia Sipho, or some in the , Feb. 24, 1866. 138 Tlie Horticulturist. PEARS—GENERAL TOTLEBEN AND EMILE DHEYST. BY CHARLES DOWNING, NEWBURGH, Emile dHeyst, a Belgian fruit; tree ofmoderate vigor. A healthy and good grower,but straggling, and not easily brought to apyramidal form. It seems well suited to thisclimate. Young wood, fawn or light brown; rather slender. Fruit large, or abovemedium size • long calebasse form. Colorlight green, washed and waved with fawnand russet; becomes bright yellow at thetime of maturity. Stem variable, but. Fig. Emile cVHeysL rather long; sometimes fleshy ; inserted inan uneven cavity. Calyx small, set in adeep narrow basin, surrounded by unevenprotuberances. Flesh buttery, melting,very juic}; exceedingly fine, sugary, and well-perfumed (L. E. Berckmans MSS.) Avery great bearer, and requires thinningto have the fruit in perfection. From allwe can learn, this fine pear has givengeneral satisfaction in this country. Pears.—General Totlehen. 139 Tree vigorous, healthy, and productive .a new promising variety, of foreign large, turbinate, pyriform, greenish yellow, considerably netted and patched with russet, and thickly sprin-kled with russet and brown dots. Stalklong, curved, inclined; inserted in a smallcavity, sometimes by a lip. Calyx small,
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