. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. THE PEAR. 543 Gns d'Hiver.* (Beurr^ Gris d'Hiver Nouveau, or "Gray Winter Beurr^.") Size medium, obovate, or short Doyenn6-forra, obtuse ; skin greenish, considerably russeted; stalk thick, short, cavity moderate, basin small; flesh greenish, buttery, melting, very juicy, rich, slightly sub-acid—resembling in flavor the Beurre d'Aremberg, but rather richer and less acid. Early winter. Shoots purplish-red, leaves curled. French. Fig. 677. Jea
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. THE PEAR. 543 Gns d'Hiver.* (Beurr^ Gris d'Hiver Nouveau, or "Gray Winter Beurr^.") Size medium, obovate, or short Doyenn6-forra, obtuse ; skin greenish, considerably russeted; stalk thick, short, cavity moderate, basin small; flesh greenish, buttery, melting, very juicy, rich, slightly sub-acid—resembling in flavor the Beurre d'Aremberg, but rather richer and less acid. Early winter. Shoots purplish-red, leaves curled. French. Fig. 677. Jean de Witte. Size medium, flattened, obovate; stalk short, shghtly sunk; basin small, calyx closed; skin yellowish green, partly russeted; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, rich. De- cember. Jones. (Jones' Seedling.) Size medium or small, Bloodgood- shaped, or obovate, remotely pyriform; surface rich yellow russet; stalk an inch or an inch and a fourth in length, variable in thick- ness, fleshy at insertion, not sunk; basin shallow; flesh yellowish, melting, of fine flavor. Ripens late autumn and early winter. Shoots divergingand ascending. Origin, Kingsessing, near Phila- delphia. Productive and valuable. Fig. 733. Fig, 733.—Jones' Seedling, Fig. 734.— Fig. 735.—Easter Beurrt FiG. 736--I'awrence. Fig. 737.—Winter Nelis Kieffer. Tree remarkably vigorous and very productive; fruit large to very large, oval, narrowing toward both ends ; skin rich yellow, with a handsome red cheek in the South ; flesh usually somewhat coarse, juicy, good to poor. Late fall to late winter. A cross between Bartlett and the. Chinese Sand Pear. The beauty vigor, and productiveness of this variety have estab- lished it as the most popular market variety of the country. It is excellent for canning, and is grown largely for that purpose. Unless properly ripened the quality of the fresh fruit is low; but if ripened slowly in a dark place it develops a good Please note that th
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