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 . , oblong-obovate, with an uneven, somewhatknobby surface. Skin dull greenish-yellow, a good deal streak-ed and spotted with russet. Stalk one to two inches long, verystout, bent, deeply planted in an irregular cavity. Calyx set ina somewhat knobby basin. Flesh white, buttery, and very jui-cy, with a rich and very excellent flavour. October. Due DE Brabant
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 . , oblong-obovate, with an uneven, somewhatknobby surface. Skin dull greenish-yellow, a good deal streak-ed and spotted with russet. Stalk one to two inches long, verystout, bent, deeply planted in an irregular cavity. Calyx set ina somewhat knobby basin. Flesh white, buttery, and very jui-cy, with a rich and very excellent flavour. October. Due DE Brabant. Desiree Van Mons. Beurre Chameuse Fondante des Chameuse. Waterloo. Miel dWaterloo. Belle Tree hardy, vigorous, productive, and equally suited withlight or tenacious soil. Fruit large, oval, pyriform, tapering from centre to base andapex, angular. Skin greenish, shaded with crimson on the sun-ny side, and thickly sprinkled with greenish dots. Stalk long,curved, and twisted, somewhat fleshy at its insertion, in a verysmall cavity. Calyx large and open, segments persistent, in anirregular ribbed basin. Flesh whitish green, very juicy, buttery,melting, with a refreshing vinous flavour. October, Novem-ber. THE IEAR. 49^. Diic de Brabant. DuMORTiER. Thomp. very excellent little Belgian pear, often remarkably highflavoured. Fruit nearly of medium size, obovate. Skin dullyellow marked with russet patches and dots. Stalk nearly twoinches long, slender, planted without depression. Calyx small,open, set in a slight basin. Flesh greenish-white, juicy, melting,exceedingly sugary and rich, with a highly perfumed aromaticflavour. It keeps but a short time. September. DupuY Charles. vigorous and fertile, forms a pyramid. 496 THE PEAK. Fruit medium, pyriform. Skin rough, becomes yellow atmaturity, and chiefly covered with fawn russet. Flesh whitish-green, melting, juicy, very sugary. An excellent fruit ripeningthe end of November. (Al. Pom.) Elizabeth, M
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