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 . Havour—an uncertain variety in manyplaces. On rich, deep, gravelly soil, we have seen it in thegreatest perfection. Burrs New Pine. Raised by Mr. Burr, Columbus, Ohio. Vines moderatelyvigorous, productive ; flowers pistillate. Fruit medium, regular,roundish-conical ; colour light crimson. Flesh tender, juicy,with a sweet, rich, aromatic flavour. This fine
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 . Havour—an uncertain variety in manyplaces. On rich, deep, gravelly soil, we have seen it in thegreatest perfection. Burrs New Pine. Raised by Mr. Burr, Columbus, Ohio. Vines moderatelyvigorous, productive ; flowers pistillate. Fruit medium, regular,roundish-conical ; colour light crimson. Flesh tender, juicy,with a sweet, rich, aromatic flavour. This fine early variety is suited for the amateur and family use(the surface being too tender for market purpose). It requireshijxh cultivation and o;ood care ; with such treatment, the ii;roweris well paid. It is rather tender in many localities ; extremesof heat and cold aiTect it. Crimson Pine Apple. Dutchberry. An old and beautiful variety, much grown for the New Yorkmarket: a hardy, vigorous grower, productive ; flowers medium, regular, elongated-conic. Colour deep crimson ;seeds deeply imbedded. Flesh rather firm, sprightly, with a flavor; rather late in ripening. One of the best for Hoveys Seedling. THE STRAWBEKRY. 671 Hoveys Seedling. Ho v. Mag. This splendid Strawberry was raised in 1834, by Messrs. Ho-vey, seedsmen, of Boston, and is undoubtedly, for this climate,one of the finest of all varieties. The vines are unusually vigor-ous and hardy, producing very large crops, and the fruit is al-ways of the largest size and finely flavoured. It is well knownat the present moment throughout all the states, and has every-where proved superior for all general purposes, to any otherlarge-fruited kind. The leaves are large, rather light green, andthe fruit-stalk long and erect. Fruit very large, roundish oval, or slightly conical, deep shin-ing scarlet, seeds slightly imbedded; flesh firm, with a rich,agreeable flavour. It ripens abo
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