The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . , prominently and coarsely veined, downy beneath,sharply and deeply serrated, and slightly recurved on the midrib; pe-tioles, short, about half an inch long, stout, downy. Flowers.—Small; petals round, concave, of a rather dingy shade ofwhite; clusters, small. Fruit.—Large, about three and a half inches broad, and threeinches deep: Form, roundish, regular, very shghtly ribbed, and nar-rowing very little to the crown : Skin, fair, smooth, with a greenis
The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . , prominently and coarsely veined, downy beneath,sharply and deeply serrated, and slightly recurved on the midrib; pe-tioles, short, about half an inch long, stout, downy. Flowers.—Small; petals round, concave, of a rather dingy shade ofwhite; clusters, small. Fruit.—Large, about three and a half inches broad, and threeinches deep: Form, roundish, regular, very shghtly ribbed, and nar-rowing very little to the crown : Skin, fair, smooth, with a greenish yel-low ground, broadly covered with light red, and rather faintly stripedwith crimson, deepest on the sunny side, and dotted with numerousyellowish specks : Stem, short, less than half an inch long, stout, andrather deeply inserted in a medium-sized, funnel-shaped cavity : Eye,rather large, open, and little sunk in a small ribbed basin; segments ofthe calyx, woolly : Flesh, greenish white, fine, crisp and very tender:Juice, abundant, sweet, rich, and finely flavored: Core, large, open :Seeds, large, very long, and sharply Ripe in January, and keeps well into April and May. [88]
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