. 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. THB PEAK. Beurrb Eanob. Thomp. Beurr6 Eanoe. lAnd. Beurr^ de Flandre. Hardenpont du Printemps. Josephine, incorrectly cf seme. Beurr6 Epire. Beurr6 de Eanz. Noirohain. The Beurre Ranee .is considered by all English cultivators; the test very late pear yet generally known. The wood is brownish-yellow, ^straggling in growth, and rath
. 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. THB PEAK. Beurrb Eanob. Thomp. Beurr6 Eanoe. lAnd. Beurr^ de Flandre. Hardenpont du Printemps. Josephine, incorrectly cf seme. Beurr6 Epire. Beurr6 de Eanz. Noirohain. The Beurre Ranee .is considered by all English cultivators; the test very late pear yet generally known. The wood is brownish-yellow, ^straggling in growth, and rather, pendulous when in bearing, and when the tree has attained a moderate size it bears well. FBuit of medium size, Obtuse pyriform. Skin dark green, even at maturity, rather thick, and dotted with numerous russet specks. Stalk rather slender, an inch and a half long, set in a slight, blunt depression, or often without any cavity. Caly:x quite small, and set in a basin very little sunk. Flesh greenish- white, melting, a little gritty at the Core, full of sweet, rich juicC; of excellent flavour. Succeeds in England, Belgium, and France, but does not in this country, except at the south or in warm soils, and particular localities. Beuere de Capiaumont. Thomp. Capiumont. Idnd. Beurrfi Aurore. A Flemish pear, very fair, and handsomely formed, and a capital bearer, hardy in all soils and seasons; sometimes first rate; but when the tree is heavily laden, it is apt to be slightly as- tringent. .It grows free- ly ; branches a little pendant, greyish yel- low. Fruit of medium size, long turbinate, very even, and tapering regu- larly into the stalk. Skin smooth, clear yel- low, with a light cinnar mon red cheek, and a | few small dots and streafcf of russet. Calyx large,' with spreading segmenfe-iprominently placed, .^# not at all ^ ja»-,ioyii»»g: -' - sunk. Stalk tyia three|| ^^^^ ^ CapiavmumL. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been dig
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