. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. 100 THE APPLE. higMy esteemed variety in Europe,, by tlie great mimber of syno- f nyms under which it is known. It is doubtful, notwithstanding its name, whether it is truly of Canadian origin, as Merlet, a French writer, describes the same fruit in the l7th century and some authors think it was first brought to this continent from
. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. 100 THE APPLE. higMy esteemed variety in Europe,, by tlie great mimber of syno- f nyms under which it is known. It is doubtful, notwithstanding its name, whether it is truly of Canadian origin, as Merlet, a French writer, describes the same fruit in the l7th century and some authors think it was first brought to this continent from Normandy, and carried back under ite new name. At any rate, it is a very large and handsome fruit, a good bearer, and of excellent quality in all respects. It is yet little known in the United States, but deserves extensive orchard culture. Fruit of the largest size, conical, flattened; rather irregular, with projecting ribs; broad at the base, narrowing towards the eye, four inches in diameter, and -three deep. Skin greenish- yellow, slightly washed with brown on the sunny sidcj sprinkled with dots a,nd russet patches. Stalk short, inserted in a wide hollow. Calyx short and large, set in a rather deep, irregular basin. Flesh nearly white, rather firm, juicy, with a rich, lively, «ub-acid flavour. Kipe in December, and, if picked early in ftutumn, it will keep till BIwde BVmd Sreeumg. ^ Rhode IsLAin> Greening. Coxe. Thomp. Man. Burlington Greening. Jersey Greening? Oixee. The Ehode Island Greening is such an universal favourite and is so generally known, that it seems almost superfluous to give a description of it. It succeeds weU in almost all- parts of the. 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; Downing, Charles. New York : J. Wiley
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