. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. AUTUMN PEARS. 39. try—the lattev being very smooth, with a promirent calyx, while this is rather uneven, with a somewhat sunken basin. The young wood is very stout and blunt, yellowish-brown, and the tree bears very young. (Part of the stock in this country seems stunted ; it may be renovated by severe pruning back and grafting on thrifty stocks.) This is a pear that every amateur will cultivate. Fruit large, one-sided, pyriform, rather uneven in its surface. Skin deep yellow at maturity, with a remarkably rich crimson cheek. Stal
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. AUTUMN PEARS. 39. try—the lattev being very smooth, with a promirent calyx, while this is rather uneven, with a somewhat sunken basin. The young wood is very stout and blunt, yellowish-brown, and the tree bears very young. (Part of the stock in this country seems stunted ; it may be renovated by severe pruning back and grafting on thrifty stocks.) This is a pear that every amateur will cultivate. Fruit large, one-sided, pyriform, rather uneven in its surface. Skin deep yellow at maturity, with a remarkably rich crimson cheek. Stalk quite stout, rather more than one inch long, curved, sometimes placed in a blunt hollow, but usually thick- ening into the fruit. Calyx open, large, set in a shallow, slightly furrowed basin. Flesh white, very juicy, melting and sweet; and when in perfection, buttery, and delicious. Sep- tember. 124. Fulton. Man. Ken. This American pear is a native of Maine, and is a seed- ling, from the farm of Mrs. Fulton, of Top- sham, in that state. It is very hardy, and bears every year abundant crops o* nice, small, gray- russet pears, which, if picked pretty ear- ly and ripened in the house, are of very excellent quality. Ripened on the tree they are worthless. Young shoots rather slender, and reddish- brown. Fruit below medi- um size, roundish, flattened. Skin, at first, entirely gray- russet in colour, but Fig. 171. Ftdton. at maturity, of a dark cinnamon russet. Stalk one to two inches long, slender, planted in a narrow cavity. Calyx with long segments, sunk in an uneven hollow. Flesh half buttery, moderately juicy, with a sprightly, agreeable flavour. Seeds comoressed, October and 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 & Halste
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