The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . size, it will be an acquisition for marketand general use; tree very healthy, vigorous and symmetric in form;flowers small. Fruit large, roundish, inclining to oblong; suture slight, extendingto the apex, which is slightly sunk ; skin slightly downy, creamy white,shaded and mottled with pale red and carmine where fully exposed ;flesh white, a little red at the stone, which is free; fine grained, veryjuicy, melting, slightly vinous, rich and delicious. Ripe from middle Uthe end of July in Georgia. PEARS. U5 PEA^RS Calebasse dOctobre. Of Belgian origin ;
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . size, it will be an acquisition for marketand general use; tree very healthy, vigorous and symmetric in form;flowers small. Fruit large, roundish, inclining to oblong; suture slight, extendingto the apex, which is slightly sunk ; skin slightly downy, creamy white,shaded and mottled with pale red and carmine where fully exposed ;flesh white, a little red at the stone, which is free; fine grained, veryjuicy, melting, slightly vinous, rich and delicious. Ripe from middle Uthe end of July in Georgia. PEARS. U5 PEA^RS Calebasse dOctobre. Of Belgian origin ; tree vigorous, upright; promists to be an abun-dant bearer. Fruit large, elongated pyriform, a little obtuse, some specimens acute,when the stalk is inserted by a lip, without cavity; skin smooth, paleyellow, a shade of rich crimson where fully exposed; stalk long, in-clined, curved; cavity small; calyx closed; basin shallow, slightly cor-rugated ; flesh white, fine, jucy, melting, with a pleasant, rather richflavor. Ripens in Colonel Wilder, 140 PEABS. Colonel Wilder. A new seedling raised by B. S. Fox, San Jose, CaKfomia, and is saidto be a valuable late variety. Fruit medium to large, roundish obtuse pyriform ; skin light yellow,a shade of light orange red in the sun, slight netiings of russet, andnumerous small russet and brown dots; stalk rather short; cavitysmall; calyx small, open, or nearly so ; basin rather shallow, slightly-Jaited; flesh whitish yellow, a little coarse around the core, juicy,melting, very sweet, with a peculiar slight musky and slightly aromaticflavor. December, January. CouRTE Queue dAutomne. Originated with Andre Leroy, Angers, France; tree vigorous, some-what spreading, very prodiictive. Fruit medium, oblate to roundish oblate, slightly elevated, surfacerough, uneven and irregular; skin pale whitish yellow, sometimes ashade of pale red in the sun, and many russet dots ; stalk short, stout,a little inclined ; cavity medium ; calyx closed;
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