The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . THE SECKEL PEAR Frutts oF Amerrca , Plate N° Dravni fromPfature & Chromo IctPi^ 1)V ^vp THE SECKEL PfeAR. Seckel. Coxes View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees, p. 189, pi. 25. ! According to Pomological Magazine. SycLE, Red Cheeked Seckle, New York Red Cheek, Seckle, of many authors and writers. Shakspeare, of some French The encomiums bestowed upon this—undoubtedlyas regards richness of flavor—best of all pears, havebeen so numerous
The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . THE SECKEL PEAR Frutts oF Amerrca , Plate N° Dravni fromPfature & Chromo IctPi^ 1)V ^vp THE SECKEL PfeAR. Seckel. Coxes View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees, p. 189, pi. 25. ! According to Pomological Magazine. SycLE, Red Cheeked Seckle, New York Red Cheek, Seckle, of many authors and writers. Shakspeare, of some French The encomiums bestowed upon this—undoubtedlyas regards richness of flavor—best of all pears, havebeen so numerous and so universal, both at homeand abroad, that it would be quite superfluous torecapitulate them. The late Dr. Hossack, of NewYork, sent trees of the Seckel to the London Hor-ticultural Society in 1819, and, in 1820, the fruitwas exhibited from the garden of Mr. Braddick,which was highly extolled for its exquisitely per-fumed and luscious qualities, and it at once becamea most popular and extensively cultivated our own cultivators it has been a familiar near since first describedby Mr. Coxe, in his valuable work published in 1817, and though com-paratively so old a variety, it is to this day more sought after than anyother pear, unless we except the Bartlett, and is always one of the sortsplanted in the very smallest collection. If it had the size of the Bart-lett, or, indeed, was a moderately large pear, it would challenge—as itdoes now in the estimation
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