The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . TKE ADAMS PEAP. ftuits of Iirawa froHiFahrre S- CTironio LrtlLiC J-^r^r Sfiaip THE ADAMS Adams. Magazine of Horticulture, vol. xx. 1854. The Adams is one of the recent additions to oirrincreasing list of American pears, and may justly claima prominent place among our best varieties. It ripensat an opportune season, just as the Bartlett is past itsprime, and well supplies the place of that popularvariety, resembhng it much in appea
The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . TKE ADAMS PEAP. ftuits of Iirawa froHiFahrre S- CTironio LrtlLiC J-^r^r Sfiaip THE ADAMS Adams. Magazine of Horticulture, vol. xx. 1854. The Adams is one of the recent additions to oirrincreasing list of American pears, and may justly claima prominent place among our best varieties. It ripensat an opportune season, just as the Bartlett is past itsprime, and well supplies the place of that popularvariety, resembhng it much in appearance,—surpassingit in beauty,—rivalling it in productiveness,—and ex-celling it in quality. If it equalled it in size,—a qualitydeemed so essential by many,—it would undoubtedlybe considered the greatest of recent Adams is a Massachusetts pear, and was raised in Waltham byDr. H. Adams, a zealous amateur of that place. Through his kindnesswe were early supplied with the scions, and, after fruiting it in our col-lection, we gave a full account of it in the Magazine of Horticulture,accompanied with a brief history of its origin by Dr. Adams, in whichhe states that it was produced in his garden, and was grown from afruit o
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