The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . rj-TE LAWREf^HF, Is ml:.- ;)! /uii:i|.:,i,IM;il.(i N DidWii Ironi Mun a Uiironfo lilli, by ,Sfi,irii * . THE LAWRENCE PEAR, TjAweence. Magazine of Horticulture, vol. xii. p. 452. The Lawrence is one of our finest Americanpears, probably the best winter variety yet foundamong our native kinds. It has, what few otherof the winter sorts possess, the excellent propertyof keeping well under the most ordinary care, andof ripening off as freely a
The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . rj-TE LAWREf^HF, Is ml:.- ;)! /uii:i|.:,i,IM;il.(i N DidWii Ironi Mun a Uiironfo lilli, by ,Sfi,irii * . THE LAWRENCE PEAR, TjAweence. Magazine of Horticulture, vol. xii. p. 452. The Lawrence is one of our finest Americanpears, probably the best winter variety yet foundamong our native kinds. It has, what few otherof the winter sorts possess, the excellent propertyof keeping well under the most ordinary care, andof ripening off as freely as the Baldwin property, which should be considered an almostindispensable one in a fine winter pear, is one ofits most valuable characteristics; still it has all theother requisites of a superior variety. It is ofgood size, fair form, attaining a fine yellow huewhen fully mature, and its melting flesh abounds with a rich, sugary,refreshing, and perfumed juice. It was first brought to the notice of cultivators by Messrs. Wilcomb& King, nurserymen of Flushing, L. I., who sent some fine specimensof the fruit to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in November,1843, accompanied with a letter, in which they state, that it is anative of Flus
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