. 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. 460 THE PEAR. Sugar and acid both abound, but so nicely balanced that with out prevalence of either, an excellent rich flavour results. Foi some tastes there may be, an excessive perfume, October. • BBUEEfi Kennes. Bivort. Thomp. - ,. A seedling of Bivort's. Tree vigorous, productive, youn^ wood brownish-red; Eruit medium,- rouadis
. 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. 460 THE PEAR. Sugar and acid both abound, but so nicely balanced that with out prevalence of either, an excellent rich flavour results. Foi some tastes there may be, an excessive perfume, October. • BBUEEfi Kennes. Bivort. Thomp. - ,. A seedling of Bivort's. Tree vigorous, productive, youn^ wood brownish-red; Eruit medium,- rouadish-oblate, turbinate Skin greenish-yellow;, mostly covered with thin russet, shaded with crimson, and thickly sprinkled with russet and crimson dots. Stalk of medium length, thickj and inclined, fleshy at its insertion, by a large ring or lip. ; Caljrx partially closed, set in a broad, shallow basin. Flesh whitish, buttery, juicy, melting, with a very sweet, rich, perfumed flavour. October. Beuer^ Eichelibu. Tree vigorous, young shoots light olive. .-Fruit large, obtuse- pyriform, truncate. Skin greeflish, inclining to yellow, sprinkled with dots. Stalk shor^ inserted by a flight lip in a broad de- pression. Calyx firmly closed, set in a broad, shallow furrowed basin. Flesh but- tery, juicy, melting, with a fine, sweet, aromatic flavour— sometimes astrin- gent. December. BeurrS Navez. Bouvier. Bivort. Colmar Kavez. Tree vigorousand pioductive. ' Fruit large, irregular, ob- late, obconic, ob- scure pyriform. Skin rich yellow, inclining to cinna- mon, with numer- ous gray dots. Stalk long, thick, fleshy, inserted in an in- clinedcavity. Calyx small, open, set in a shallow,. basin. Flesh white, juicy, melting, and excel- lent, pleasantly per- fumed. October., Bewrri. 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
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