. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 1^98 THE PEAR, obliquely iiserted, without depression, or with a fleshy, enlarged base. Calyx open, in a rather shallow, uneven basin. Flesh greenish-white, very juicy and melting, with a rich mi excel- fent flavour, September and October. [This is very distinc* from the old Louise Bonne^ a green winter fruit, of third quality.' 140. Lodge. Ken. The Lodge Pear is a native of Pennsylva- nia, and is understood to have originated near Philadelphia. It is a very agreeable sub- acid pear, and has so much of the Brown Beurre character,
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 1^98 THE PEAR, obliquely iiserted, without depression, or with a fleshy, enlarged base. Calyx open, in a rather shallow, uneven basin. Flesh greenish-white, very juicy and melting, with a rich mi excel- fent flavour, September and October. [This is very distinc* from the old Louise Bonne^ a green winter fruit, of third quality.' 140. Lodge. Ken. The Lodge Pear is a native of Pennsylva- nia, and is understood to have originated near Philadelphia. It is a very agreeable sub- acid pear, and has so much of the Brown Beurre character, that we suspect it is a seed- ling of that fine old va- riety. Ken rick com- pares it to the Seckel, to which it haft no points of resemblance. Fruit of mediurn size, pyriform, tapering to the stem, and one-sided. Skin greenish-brown, the green becoming a little paler at maturity, j and much covered with | patches of dull russet. Stalk an inch and a ^ fourth long, obliquely planted at the point of the fruit, which is a little swollen there. Flesh whitish, a little gritty at the core, which is large; juicy, Fig. 175. Lodge, and melting, with a rather rich flavour, relieved by pleasant acid. Septeipber and October. X41. MicHAUX. Man. in H. M. Corapte de Michaux. A fruit imported from the nursery of the Messrs. Baumann, of Bolwyller, France, by Mr. Manning. Young wood light green. It is of medium size, and nearly round. Skin light yel*. 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. New York, Wiley & Halsted
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