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 . Emile dHeyst Emily Bivort. Dedicated by Bouvier to the daughter of the distinguishedBelgian Pomologist A. Bivort. Tree of slow growth, but very hardy, with reddish or lio-htbrown, upright, stout, short shoots. * Fruit medium, oblate, inclining to conic, very much deep orange-yellow, much covered with russet. Stalkshort and fleshy, inserted
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 . Emile dHeyst Emily Bivort. Dedicated by Bouvier to the daughter of the distinguishedBelgian Pomologist A. Bivort. Tree of slow growth, but very hardy, with reddish or lio-htbrown, upright, stout, short shoots. * Fruit medium, oblate, inclining to conic, very much deep orange-yellow, much covered with russet. Stalkshort and fleshy, inserted in a rather deep cavity, surrounded byprotuberances. Calyx small, set in a deep well formed yellowish, buttery, melting, abounding in rich sugaryvinous juice, with a peculiar flavour, somewhat resembling 498 THE PEAR. quince. Ripens October, November, and keeps well. (L. , Ms.). EmUy Bivort. EsPERiNE. Van Sprin. Tree upright, vigorous, very productive. Fruit medium, obovate, inclining to pyriform. Skin yellowwith numerous brown dots and sometimes patches of long, inclined, inserted by a lip in a slight open, in a rather small shallow basin. Flesh white,juicy, melting, with a pleasant perfumed flavour. Core and October. FiGUE DE Naples. Thomp. Comtesse de Frenol. - Beurre Bronz^e. De Yigne Pelone. Fig Pear of Naples. Man. A very good, late autumn pear, but inferior to several grows vigorously and bears well. A cooking fruit. Fruit of rather large size, oblong-obovate. Skin nearlycovered with brown, and tinged with red next the sun. Fleshbuttery, melting, and agreeable. November. FiGUE dAlenqon. Thomp. Yerte longue de la Mayenne. Figue dHiver, This corresponds with Verte longue of Angers and probablymay prove synonymous with it. THE PEAR, 499 FoNDANTE DE Malines. Espereii. Tree vigorous, but of
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