. 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 FEAR. 651 Frnit medium, roundish, oblate. Skin light green, mottled â w th 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 fi^ie texture, buttery. Flavour vinous, with a delicate, vanilla aroma. Quality " very ; Eip
. 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 FEAR. 651 Frnit medium, roundish, oblate. Skin light green, mottled â w th 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 fi^ie texture, buttery. Flavour vinous, with a delicate, vanilla aroma. Quality " very ; Eip« November to February. (Dr. W. D. Brinckle, MS.) * Tba. Eaised by Mrs. Ezra Merchant, of MUford, Conn, was found .in a pound of tea, which she purchased at the store, hence its name. Tree vigorous and productive, young wood greenidi-yel- low. Fruit medium, obovate, inclining to pyriform, with a su- ture on one sidel Skin lemon yellow, with numerous small brown dots, and sometimes a reddish cheek. Stalk rather stout, inserted ob- liquely, under a lip in a very small cavi- ty. Calyx half clos- ed, basin shallow. Flesh white, fine, juicy, melting and vinous. Eipens last of August to middle of September; a very promising pear. The seed. Tea. Theodore Van Mons. Bivort. Thomp. Tree vigorous and productive on pear or quince. Fruit rather large, elongated, obscurely pyriform, irregolai. Skin greenish, sligijitly sprinkled withimsset. ,Stalk inserted at an inclination by, a lip, surrounded, by russet. Calyx closed, set in a small, irr^gulai; basin. ,,, coarse, granular, juicy, melting and vinous. ; Kip? September, October.,. 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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