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 . ottes-ville, Albemarle Co., Va. Tree vigorous, young wood olive,productive. THE PEAR. 551 Fruit medium, roundish, oblate. Skin light green, mottledwith dark green. Stalk rather long, fleshy at its termination,in a very slight depression. Calyx very small, set in a wide, su-perficial basin. Flesh fine texture, buttery. Flavour vinous,with a delicate, vanil
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 . ottes-ville, Albemarle Co., Va. Tree vigorous, young wood olive,productive. THE PEAR. 551 Fruit medium, roundish, oblate. Skin light green, mottledwith dark green. Stalk rather long, fleshy at its termination,in a very slight depression. Calyx very small, set in a wide, su-perficial basin. Flesh fine texture, buttery. Flavour vinous,with a delicate, vanilla aroma. Quality very good. RipeNovember to February. (Dr. W. D. Brinckle, MS.) Tea. Raised by Mrs. Ezra Merchant, of Milford, Conn,was found in apound of tea, whichshe purchased at thestore, hence itsname. Tree vigorous andproductive, youngwood greenish-yel-low. Fruit medium,obovate, inclining topyriform, with a su-ture on one lemon yellow,with numerous smallbrown dots, andsometimes a reddishcheek. Stalk ratherstout, inserted ob-liquely, under a lipin a very small cavi-ty. Calyx half clos-ed, basin white, fine,juicy, melting andvinous. Ripens lastof August to middleof September; a verypromising pear. The seed. Tea. Theodore Van Mons. Bivort, Thomp. Tree vigorous and productive on pear or quince. Fruit rather large, elongated, obscurely pyriform, greenish, slightly sprinkled with russet. Stalk inserted atan inclination by a lip, surrounded by russet. Calyx closed, setin a small, irregular basin. Flesh white, coarse, granular, juicy,melting and vinous. Ripe September, October. 552 THE PEAR.
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