Elliott's fruit book; (1854) Elliott's fruit book; elliottsfruitboo01elli Year: 1854 FOR AMATEUR CULTURE. 365 one little tree, two years planted, this season yielded forty-three beauti- ful specimens. Fruit, large, oblong, ovate pyriform, greenish, becoming greenish yellow, with stripes and patches of dull thin russet, sometimes red cheek in sun; stem, variable, fleshy at base; calyx, small, ©pen ; short segments; flesh, melting, juicy, 'very good.' October. DUNMORE. Foreign. A good grower and early bearer on pear roots, requires rich, high culture ; shoots slender, erect, brownish slate c
Elliott's fruit book; (1854) Elliott's fruit book; elliottsfruitboo01elli Year: 1854 FOR AMATEUR CULTURE. 365 one little tree, two years planted, this season yielded forty-three beauti- ful specimens. Fruit, large, oblong, ovate pyriform, greenish, becoming greenish yellow, with stripes and patches of dull thin russet, sometimes red cheek in sun; stem, variable, fleshy at base; calyx, small, ©pen ; short segments; flesh, melting, juicy, 'very good.' October. DUNMORE. Foreign. A good grower and early bearer on pear roots, requires rich, high culture ; shoots slender, erect, brownish slate color. Fruit, large to very large, (our drawing made from an unripe specimen,) oblong obo- vate, greenish, dotted and speckled with brownish red russet, patches of rough russet near calyx ; when not fully ripe, dark green specks under-
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