The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . THE SAim GHIoLAm ?EAX Prutts or ¥° Drawn Prom Nature R Cln-umu ulu^- tv ^ Stiarp. THE SAINT GHISLAIN PEAR. Saint Ghislain. London Hort. Soc. Catalogue, 2d Ed. 1832. The Saint Ghislain pear was jSrst introduced to ourcollections by the late Saml. G. Perkins, Esq. of Brook-Hne, who fruited it several years ago, and repeatedlyexhibited specimens before the Massachusetts Horti-cultural Society. He praised it highly, and recom-mended it to
The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . THE SAim GHIoLAm ?EAX Prutts or ¥° Drawn Prom Nature R Cln-umu ulu^- tv ^ Stiarp. THE SAINT GHISLAIN PEAR. Saint Ghislain. London Hort. Soc. Catalogue, 2d Ed. 1832. The Saint Ghislain pear was jSrst introduced to ourcollections by the late Saml. G. Perkins, Esq. of Brook-Hne, who fruited it several years ago, and repeatedlyexhibited specimens before the Massachusetts Horti-cultural Society. He praised it highly, and recom-mended it to amateur cultivators • as one of the bestof our autumn pears. It is unnecessary to say it fullysustains the reputation it acquired while in Mr. Per-kinss collection. It is not a large pear, being aboutthe size, and of the general appearance, of the Tyson orCapiaumont, but it is an exceedingly melting, rich andhigh flavored fruit, and as beautiful as it is excellent, having a remarka-bly fair and golden yellow skin. Besides the brief description of it in the Catalogue of the LondonHorticultural Society, above quoted, we cannot find any account of it inany accessible work, except in Mr. Kenricks American Orchardist, whereits origin is
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