Archive image from page 432 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 PEA 437 Fig. 115.—(P. 434.) PEA red. Stalk about an inch in length, one shoulder more prominent than the other; calyx placed in a slightly form- ed cavity. The flesh is white, and combines with a delightful aroma, all the good qualities of the old well- known Beurre or Butter Pear. ' Ripe middle of August to close of September.'—Rural Reg. Bezi de la Motte. (Fig. 119.) ' This is a pretty widely known French Pear, and is well worthy of perpetuity, even though
Archive image from page 432 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 PEA 437 Fig. 115.—(P. 434.) PEA red. Stalk about an inch in length, one shoulder more prominent than the other; calyx placed in a slightly form- ed cavity. The flesh is white, and combines with a delightful aroma, all the good qualities of the old well- known Beurre or Butter Pear. ' Ripe middle of August to close of September.'—Rural Reg. Bezi de la Motte. (Fig. 119.) ' This is a pretty widely known French Pear, and is well worthy of perpetuity, even though not decidedly in the first class. Its habit is robust, yields fruit freely, which keeps well; the flavour is aromatic, texture buttery. Its out- line is roundish—flattened ; the stem under an inch in length. Calyx va- riously placed, in some specimens the basin is shallow and the curvature regu- lar, in others quite irregular. Skin, green, in well-ripened specimens yel- lowish, and spotted with brown dots. Ripe in October.—Rural Reg. Washington. (Fig. 120.) ' We have elsewhere expressed our regret that foreign fruits of doubtful worth, should have been cherished and dis- seminated, to the neglect of unques- tionably fine varieties of native origin. The Washington Pear is a seedling, discovered in a hedge-row on the es- tate of the late Col. Robinson, near Naaman's Creek, Delaware, some forty-eight or fifty years ago. We are informed by our friend Dr. Thomp-
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