. 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. THE PEAB. 433 are pale yellow, upright and slender. The original tree, about thirty-five years old, stands in the garden of Madam Dix, Bos- ton. bore for the first time in 1826. Fruit large, oblong, oi; long pyriform. Skin roughish, fine deepjrellow at maturity, marked with distinct russet dots, and eprinkled with russet aroun
. 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. THE PEAB. 433 are pale yellow, upright and slender. The original tree, about thirty-five years old, stands in the garden of Madam Dix, Bos- ton. bore for the first time in 1826. Fruit large, oblong, oi; long pyriform. Skin roughish, fine deepjrellow at maturity, marked with distinct russet dots, and eprinkled with russet around the stalk. Calyx small, for so large a feuit, basin narrow, and scarcely at all sunk. Stalk rather stout, short, thicker at each end, Set rather obliquely, but with little or ho depression. Flesh not very fine grained, but juicy, riph, sugary, melting, and delicious, with a sligtt per- rame. October and November. DOTENNE BOTJSSOCK. Dojenne Boussouck nouvelle. Beurre de Merode. Double Philippe. Tree vigorous, an early and productive bearer. Fruit vary- ing in form, obovate, inclining to conic, lafge specimens oblate. SMn rough, deep yelldw, netted and clouded with russet, with a. MymnS Somsaek. 19. 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 Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852; Downing, Charles. New York : J. Wiley
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