. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. AUIUMN PEARS. 355 The fruit is described by Thompson as large, roundish-obo- vate. Skin yellow, a good deal covered with russet. Flesh buttery, quite melting, and of very excellent flavour. It ripens in November. 50. Bleeker's Meadow. Ken. Pom. Man. Large Seckel. A native fruit, said to have been found in a meadow in Penn- sylvania. It is a handsome, hardy fruit, and bears large crops, but it has been sadly over-praised as to quality. The truth is, it seems at first to give promise of high flavour, but it rarelv becomes mellow, bu
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. AUIUMN PEARS. 355 The fruit is described by Thompson as large, roundish-obo- vate. Skin yellow, a good deal covered with russet. Flesh buttery, quite melting, and of very excellent flavour. It ripens in November. 50. Bleeker's Meadow. Ken. Pom. Man. Large Seckel. A native fruit, said to have been found in a meadow in Penn- sylvania. It is a handsome, hardy fruit, and bears large crops, but it has been sadly over-praised as to quality. The truth is, it seems at first to give promise of high flavour, but it rarelv becomes mellow, but retains its crisp, hard state. We have raised many fine crops, but cannot recommend it much. In a very dry, warm soil, it is some- times excellent. Fruit small, or of medium size, round- ish, very regular and smooth. Skin bright clear yellow, occasion- ally sprinkled with crimson dots on the sunny side. Flesh very white, firm, with a pe- culiar musky or wasp- iike aroma, and spicy taste, but mostly re- mains crisp and hard. Stalk straight and stiff*. Basin shallow. Calyx. Fig. 149. BUeker^g Meadow, open and reflexed. Octobei and November. 51. BoucQuiA. Hov. Mag. Beurr6 Boucquia. Ken, A new Flemish pear, raised by Dr. Van Mons, and sent to Mr. Manning in 1836. Fruit rather large, one-sided, oval-turbinate. Skm pale yel- low, with a pale red cheek, thickly sprinkled with reddish, and dark russety dots. Stalk an inch or more long, set a little ob- 'quely, and either fleshy at the point of junction, or set in a. 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 & Halsted
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