. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . THE BEURRE SUPEEYIN PEAE BEURRE SUPERFIN PEAR*. According to Mr. Dupuy Jamain, and other reliable horticulturists in Paris,this fruit is the product of one of the numerous grafts or young trees sent byProf. Yan Mons to Mr. Poiteau. The tree is hardy, well suited to this climate,of a rather thorny and wild character, of vigorous and healthy appearance. Itsform and shape is rather pyramidal with some diverging branches. It grows onthe quince, but is better on the pear stock, on which it will do as an orchard , grayish green
. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . THE BEURRE SUPEEYIN PEAE BEURRE SUPERFIN PEAR*. According to Mr. Dupuy Jamain, and other reliable horticulturists in Paris,this fruit is the product of one of the numerous grafts or young trees sent byProf. Yan Mons to Mr. Poiteau. The tree is hardy, well suited to this climate,of a rather thorny and wild character, of vigorous and healthy appearance. Itsform and shape is rather pyramidal with some diverging branches. It grows onthe quince, but is better on the pear stock, on which it will do as an orchard , grayish green, with light brown dots or freckles. The blossom spurs areoften terminated with a sharp or an abortive thorn. Leaves, medium, a littlerecurved, serrated and of a dark green color. Buds, pointed, gray. Fruit, mid-dle sized, pyriform, sometimes above middle size, of a dull green, with numerousbrown marlDlings, and occasionally, as in Boston, with a faint dull red , one inch long, not stout, set on the surface, sometimes swollen at thejunction. Eye, ve
Size: 1744px × 1433px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, bookpublis, booksubjectgardening