The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . d red cheek in sun. Stalk rather short, broad. Calyx large, open. Basin large. Flesh whitish, a little3oarse, juicy, half melting, sweet, pleasant, vinous, slightly musky,Good to very good. September. FONDANTE dAuTOMNE. Belle Lucrative. Arbre Superbe. Seigneur dBsperin. Lucrate. Bergamotte Fievee. Fondante de Maubege. Gresillier. Autumn Melting. Du Seigneur. Esperins Herrenbime. Beurre Lucrative. Bergamotte Lucrative. Seigneur, This Flemish Pear is, when grown in perfection, one of the verybest; but if the trees are overloaded, soil unsuite
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . d red cheek in sun. Stalk rather short, broad. Calyx large, open. Basin large. Flesh whitish, a little3oarse, juicy, half melting, sweet, pleasant, vinous, slightly musky,Good to very good. September. FONDANTE dAuTOMNE. Belle Lucrative. Arbre Superbe. Seigneur dBsperin. Lucrate. Bergamotte Fievee. Fondante de Maubege. Gresillier. Autumn Melting. Du Seigneur. Esperins Herrenbime. Beurre Lucrative. Bergamotte Lucrative. Seigneur, This Flemish Pear is, when grown in perfection, one of the verybest; but if the trees are overloaded, soil unsuited, or a dull, cloudy,rainy season, it is only second-rate. The tree is moderately vigorous,healthy and productive. Young shoots yellowish brown. Fruit medium size, variable in form, from obovate obtuse pyriformto globular. Pale yellowish green, slightly russeted. Stalk little more THE PEAR. 7G.^. than an inch long, stout, often fleshy, obliquely inserted it a sliglit,irregular cavity. Calyx very short, open, with few divisions, set in a. Fondante dAutomne. basin of moderate depth. Fleslj juicy, melting, sugary, rich, anddelicious. Yery good to best. Latft of September. Fondante de Cuerne, A French variety, said to be superior to, and ripening with, Beurre(jriffard. We have not fruited it, and thei efore copy description:— Fruit medium, oblong obovate pyriform, pale greenish yellow, withtraces of russet and russet brown in the sun. Stalk rather short, vary-ing. Calyx small, open. Flesh white, juicy, melting, buttery, sweet,agreeable. August. (An. Pom.) Fondante dIngendal. Fruit small, acute pyriform, greenish yellow, a little browTiish in sun,with green and gray dots. Stalk long, curved, fleshy where joined to thefniit. Calyx open. Segments long. Flesh whitish, juicy, melting,Bweet, a little vinous, perfumed. Yery good. September. 764 THE PEAK. FONDANTE DE LA MaITRE d]6cOLE. A foreign variety. Fruit medium, pyriform, yellow, dotted with green. Flesh yellow^half melting. Decemb
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