. The American home garden. Being principles and rules for the culture of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and shrubbery. To which are added brief notes on farm crops, with a table of their average product and chemical constituents. Gardening. *11. bleecker's oage (Fig. 276). Tree a good healthy grower, and regular and free bearer. Young branches do^\Tly. Fruit medium roundish oval, yellow specked with white, and having a thin bloom. Flesh yellow, sweet, and excellent; almost a free - stone. Ripens from the middle to the close of August. 12. smith's ORLEANS {Fig. 277). Tree extremely vigorous, and


. The American home garden. Being principles and rules for the culture of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and shrubbery. To which are added brief notes on farm crops, with a table of their average product and chemical constituents. Gardening. *11. bleecker's oage (Fig. 276). Tree a good healthy grower, and regular and free bearer. Young branches do^\Tly. Fruit medium roundish oval, yellow specked with white, and having a thin bloom. Flesh yellow, sweet, and excellent; almost a free - stone. Ripens from the middle to the close of August. 12. smith's ORLEANS {Fig. 277). Tree extremely vigorous, and a good and constant bearer in all soils, adapting itself also to varieties of climate. Young branches very slightly downy ; purplish. Fruit large oval, inclining to oblong ; pui'plish-red, covered with a deep blue 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 Watson, Alexander. New York, Harper & Brothers


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