The fruits and fruit trees of America; or, the culture, propagation, and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Pom. St. Michel Archange. Plombgastel. Tree vigorous and productive; succeeds on quince. Fruit large, elongated pyriform. Skin greenish-yellow, with many russet dots. Stalk of medium Jengtb, stout and fleshy at its insertion, almost without cavity, surrounded by russet. Ca- THE PEAR. 5d7 lyx closed, basin small and uneven. Flesh yellowish, melting,aboundi
The fruits and fruit trees of America; or, the culture, propagation, and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Pom. St. Michel Archange. Plombgastel. Tree vigorous and productive; succeeds on quince. Fruit large, elongated pyriform. Skin greenish-yellow, with many russet dots. Stalk of medium Jengtb, stout and fleshy at its insertion, almost without cavity, surrounded by russet. Ca- THE PEAR. 5d7 lyx closed, basin small and uneven. Flesh yellowish, melting,abounding in juice, somewhat coarse and granular, with a finerich, aromatic flavour. October. St. Vincent de Paul. Fruit small, like Martin Sec. Skin russet. Flesh sugary,half melting, ripening in January. (Leroys Cat.) St. DoROTHfeE. Eoyale foreign origin. Tree vigorous. Fruit rather large, elon-gated pyriform, angular. Skin greenish-yellow, slightly tingedin the sun, and sprinkled with brown dots. Stalk long, curved,inserted by a fleshy lip in a small cavity. Calyx open, seg-ments rather large, recurved, set in a rather abrupt basin. Fleshwhitish, fine, juicy, melting, with a sugary, vinous, peculiarlyperfumed flavour. St Ghislain. St. Ghislain. Thomp. Quinnipiac. A most excellent Belgian pear, recently originated by , and introduced into the United States by S. G. Per-kins, Esq., of Boston. When in perfection, it is of the highestquality, but on some soils it is a little variable. The tree is re- 548 THE PEAK. markable for its upriglitness, and tlie great beauty and vigourof its growth. Young shoots light brown. Fruit of medium size, pyriform, tapering to the stalk, to?which it joins by fleshy rings. Skin pale clear yellow, with afew grey specks. Stalk an inch and a half long, curved. Ca-lyx rather small, open, set in a shallow basin. Core white, buttery and juicy, with a rich, sprightly flavour. St. Andre. Man. in H. M. Imported by Mr. Ma
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