. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 8§4 THE FEAR. 109. DircHESSE d'Orleans. Latey received from France, where it has the reputation being a very handsome fruit, of the first quality, with precisely the flavour of the old, and much admired Gansel's Bergamot. Young wood light green. Fruit large, long-pyriform. Skin golden yellow, dotted and streaked with a little russet. Flesh buttery, melting, rich, sugary and aromatic. Very productive, and ripens in October. 110. Delices d'Haedenpont. Thomp. Delices d'Ardenpont. Lind A melting, buttery pear, one of the new Flemish v
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. 8§4 THE FEAR. 109. DircHESSE d'Orleans. Latey received from France, where it has the reputation being a very handsome fruit, of the first quality, with precisely the flavour of the old, and much admired Gansel's Bergamot. Young wood light green. Fruit large, long-pyriform. Skin golden yellow, dotted and streaked with a little russet. Flesh buttery, melting, rich, sugary and aromatic. Very productive, and ripens in October. 110. Delices d'Haedenpont. Thomp. Delices d'Ardenpont. Lind A melting, buttery pear, one of the new Flemish varieties, and raised by the counsellor Hardenpont, of Mons. It has borne for several seasons in this country, and proves of rich and excellent flavour. The tree is moderately thrifty; shoots upright, yellowish-brown. Fruit of medium size, obtuse-pyriform, with ks widest part above the middle, and a little uneven in surface. Stalk an inch long, curved, and set rather obliquely in a narrow, shallow cavity. Skin pale yellow, dotted with numerous small gray dots in the shade, and somewhat russetted in the sun. Calyx very small, closed, and pla- ced in a small, uneven basin. Flesh buttery, melting, with an abun- dant, slightly perfu- med, and rich juice. Middle of October. 111. DuNDAS. § Va» Mons. Man. in H. M. A very brilliant co- loured fruit, remarka- bly handsome for the dessert, and of rich fla- vour. It is a recent Belgian variety, sent to this country by Van Mons, in 1834. Fruit medium size, f|^. lee. Jhindat. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852. New York, Wiley & Halsted
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