The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . TSE BHANDYWINE PEAR Trurts uF Amertea, Plate K^ Drawn From JiatuFe S Ckromo IctR BfW Sharp. THE BRANDYWINE PEAR. Beandy^vine. Horticulturist, vol. iii. 1848. The Brandywine is one of the most recentlyintroduced of our American pears, and was firstbrought to the notice of Pomologists by , of Philadelphia. Specimens of the fruitreceived from him were first exhibited before theMassachusetts Horticultural Society in 1848, whichattracted much att
The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . TSE BHANDYWINE PEAR Trurts uF Amertea, Plate K^ Drawn From JiatuFe S Ckromo IctR BfW Sharp. THE BRANDYWINE PEAR. Beandy^vine. Horticulturist, vol. iii. 1848. The Brandywine is one of the most recentlyintroduced of our American pears, and was firstbrought to the notice of Pomologists by , of Philadelphia. Specimens of the fruitreceived from him were first exhibited before theMassachusetts Horticultural Society in 1848, whichattracted much attention, and were thought re-markably fine. In 1853, we had the gratificationof presenting the fruit from our own collection,which was pronounced, by all who tried it, fullyequal to any pear of its season. The quahties of the Brandywine are pecuharly its own, and cannotwell be compared with any other variety: its flesh is shghtly firm,yet perfectly melting ; and its flavor, without being highly aromatized,appears to be a concentration of that of several sorts, being almost assugary as the Seckel, yet reheved by the refreshing juice of the MarieLouise, and the champagne smack of the Beurre dAremberg. The Brand}^ine is a native of
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