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 .. . No. 47. Winter , No. 48. Jersey, or R. I. Greening. APPLES. 129 vived the first season, attained a considerable size,and bore tolerably well: last year (1815) the remain-ing six or seven perished, from the bursting and de-cay of the bark near the surface of
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 .. . No. 47. Winter , No. 48. Jersey, or R. I. Greening. APPLES. 129 vived the first season, attained a considerable size,and bore tolerably well: last year (1815) the remain-ing six or seven perished, from the bursting and de-cay of the bark near the surface of the earth. ^0. 47. WINTER PEARMATN. Is called in England, the Hertfordshire Pearmain,and is sometimes known by the name of the FrenchPearmain in this country—it is one of the most estima-apples of the season : as a table fruit, it is rich, break-ing and sprightly, though not very full of juice—fewapples surpass it for cooking, and it produces excel-lent cider—it ripens in October, and will keepthrough the winter. The fruit is of moderate size,of an oblong form, very free from blemishes; the skinis smooth, of a dull red, faintly streaked with green,which when exposed to tlie sun, turns to a yellow,with indistinct russet spots : the tree grows handsome-ly, with a large and regular form, and is supposed tobe the most hardy and uniformly produc
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