A view of the cultivation of fruit trees, and the management of orchards and cider; with accurate descriptions of the most estimable varieties of native and foreign apples, pears, peaches, plums, and cherries, cultivated in the middle states of America: illustrated by cuts of two hundred kinds of fruits of the natural size .. . No. 40. No. 41. Mervejlle D Hyver. PEARS. 19r the most admired winter fruits of France, and highlydeserving of extensive cultivation; it is sometimesgubjeet to cracking in the skin; but this affects littleof the fruit growing on vigorous trees in rich cultiva
A view of the cultivation of fruit trees, and the management of orchards and cider; with accurate descriptions of the most estimable varieties of native and foreign apples, pears, peaches, plums, and cherries, cultivated in the middle states of America: illustrated by cuts of two hundred kinds of fruits of the natural size .. . No. 40. No. 41. Mervejlle D Hyver. PEARS. 19r the most admired winter fruits of France, and highlydeserving of extensive cultivation; it is sometimesgubjeet to cracking in the skin; but this affects littleof the fruit growing on vigorous trees in rich cultiva-ted ground. 39. ST. GERMAINB. Is a fine winter pear, by many erroneously calledthe green Chissel, (which is a summer pear) the sizeis large, of an irregular form, generally diminishedtowards the stem, and sometimes towards the crown—the skin is green till fully ripe, and very thick, whenceit is often called the walnut pear—the stem is shortand generally planted in an oblique direction, thecrown is large and not much sunk; the flesh is veryhighly flavoured, rich, juicy and sprightly beyond anyother pear when the season is favourable; it ripens inNovember in a close warm situation, it is frequentlykept till late in the winter by care and attention. It isto be regretted that the tree is very subject to the fireblight, so destructive of
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