. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. AUTTJMN PEARS. 889 Fruit of rather large size, oblong-oijovate. Skin nearly covered with brown, and tinged with red next the sun. Flesh buttery, melting, and agreeable. November. 122. FoRELLE. Thomp. P. Mag. Lind. Forellen-bime. Poire Truite. Trout pear. This exquisite. ly beautiful Ger- man pear—called in that language Forellen-birne— i. e. trout pear, from its finely speckled appear- ance, is one of the most at- tractive dessert fruits. It re- quires a warm soil and expo- sure, and well deserves to be trained as an es- palier. I
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. AUTTJMN PEARS. 889 Fruit of rather large size, oblong-oijovate. Skin nearly covered with brown, and tinged with red next the sun. Flesh buttery, melting, and agreeable. November. 122. FoRELLE. Thomp. P. Mag. Lind. Forellen-bime. Poire Truite. Trout pear. This exquisite. ly beautiful Ger- man pear—called in that language Forellen-birne— i. e. trout pear, from its finely speckled appear- ance, is one of the most at- tractive dessert fruits. It re- quires a warm soil and expo- sure, and well deserves to be trained as an es- palier. It does not appear to have succeeded well near Boston, but it fully sus- tains its high foreign character with us. Young shoots long, with few, and dark co- Fig. 169. fbrcBe. loured branches. Fruit oblong-obovate, inclining to pyriform. Skin smooth, at first green, but, when fully ripe, lemon yellow, washed with rich deep red on the sunny side, where it is marked with large, margined, crimson specks. Stalk about an inch long, rather slender, slightly curved, rather obliquely planted, in a shallow, uneven cavity. Calyx rather small, basin abruptly sunk. Flesh white, fine grained, buttery, melting, with rich, slightly vinoua juice. Beginning of November, and may be kept, with care, till 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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