. 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. THE PEAR. i89 1 ' Deux Sceurs. Esperen. A fine tree, very productive. Fruit large, elongated, pyri- form. Skin green, spotted with dark brown. Flesi fine yel- 'owish green, buttery, juicy, very_sugary, with a decided flavoui of ahnonds. November. (Al. Pom.) _ DuNiiAS. Van Mons. Man. in Hov.'Mag, Elliott Dundas. Bouvier. Rousselet J
. 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. THE PEAR. i89 1 ' Deux Sceurs. Esperen. A fine tree, very productive. Fruit large, elongated, pyri- form. Skin green, spotted with dark brown. Flesi fine yel- 'owish green, buttery, juicy, very_sugary, with a decided flavoui of ahnonds. November. (Al. Pom.) _ DuNiiAS. Van Mons. Man. in Hov.'Mag, Elliott Dundas. Bouvier. Rousselet Jamin. Bouvier. A Belgian vari- ety, sent to this country by Van Mons, in 1834. Fruit medium size, obovate, inclining to turbinate. Skin clear yellow, sprin- kled with green- ish black dote, and heightened by a very brilliant red cheek. StaJk dark brown, an inch long, stout^ inserted with- out depression. Ca- lyx small, placed at the bottom of a deep round basin. Flesh yellowish- white, half buttery, melting, with a rich perfumed juice. First of October, and keeps some DiCKERMAN. Pardee's No. 3. % t, T||Baised by S. D. Pardee, New Haven, Colin., from whom we Jf^l^ed specimens. Tree vigorous and productive, young wood maroon. ^ Fruit Medium, roundish, oblate. Skin yellowish, thickly covered with minute dots. Stalk curved, fleshy at its insertion, in a moderate ewity. Calyx nearly closed, segments persistent, ^ " 21*. 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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