. 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 FEAB. 429 Iree is rather s^ort jointed, with deep reddish biowiiwood,.grow3 moderately fast, and bears early and regularly. The fruit, lite that of all early pears, is better if ripened -in the house. It surpasses every European^, variety of the same season, and together with the Dearborn's Seedling, another nativersort, will s
. 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 FEAB. 429 Iree is rather s^ort jointed, with deep reddish biowiiwood,.grow3 moderately fast, and bears early and regularly. The fruit, lite that of all early pears, is better if ripened -in the house. It surpasses every European^, variety of the same season, and together with the Dearborn's Seedling, another nativersort, will supplant in all ourgardens'lhe Jargonelle, and all inferiour early pears. Fpiit of medimn size, tnsbinate, inclining to obovate, thick ening very abruptly into the stalk. Skin yellow, sprinklei With russet dots, and net-work markings, giving it a russetiry look on one side. Calyx strong, open, set almost without de- pression. Stalk obliquely inserted, without depression, short, dark brown, fleshy at its'Taase. Mesh yellowish-white, buttery and melting, with a rich, sugary, highly aromatic flavour. The tnin skin has ^ musky peifome. Core small. Eipe from the "."ith of July to the 10th of August, Bdffum. Man, ^/i The Bufiam is a native of Ehode Island, and. from its general resem- blance to the Doy- enn6,it is, no doubt, a seedling of that fine sort. It is an, orchard pear of the "first quality, as'it is a,, very strong, up- right grower, bears large,regnlar crops, and is a very hand- some and saleable fruit. It is a little variable in quality. We have frequent- ly eaten them so^ fine, as scarcely to be distinguished from the Doyenn6, and again, when rather insipid. It may be considered a beautiful and good, though not first rate 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
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