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 . it is, no doubt,a seedling of thatfine sort. It is anorchard pear of thefiret quality, as it isa very strong, up-right grower, bearslarge,regular crops,and is a very hand-some and saleablefruit. It is a littlevariable in have frequent-ly eaten them sofine, as scarcely tobe distinguishedfrom the Doyenne,and again, whenrather insipid. Itmay be co
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 . it is, no doubt,a seedling of thatfine sort. It is anorchard pear of thefiret quality, as it isa very strong, up-right grower, bearslarge,regular crops,and is a very hand-some and saleablefruit. It is a littlevariable in have frequent-ly eaten them sofine, as scarcely tobe distinguishedfrom the Doyenne,and again, whenrather insipid. Itmay be considereda beautiful andgood, though notfirst rate variety. 430 THE PEAR. Fruit of medium size, oblong obovate, a little smaller on oneside. Skin fiiir, deep yellow, (brownish green at first,) finelysuffused over half the fruit, with bright red, sprinkled with smallbrown dots, or a little russet. Stalk an inch long, inserted in avery slight cavity. Calyx with small segments, and basin ofmoderate size. Flesh white, buttery, not so juicy as the Doy-enne, but sweet, and of excellent flavour. The strong uprighireddish-brown shoots, and peculiar brownish-green appearanceof the pear, before ripening, distinguish this fruit. September Church. This and also the Parsonage, both of which are undoubtedlyfruits of the highest excellence, were brought to our notice byS. P. Carpenter, of New Rochelle, who has made diligent in-quiry as to their origin, of very aged people of the vicinity, whoare conversant with their history, and uniformly state that thetrees originated on land belonging to Trinity Church of thatvillage, where the trees now stand. The former is a tree oftwo feet in diameter, forty feet high ; the latter, which stands TflE PEAR. ] near the parsonage, is also a healthy tree of about the sameage, and uniformly a great bearer, yielding from fifteen totwenty bushels annually. The habit of the Church pear issomewhat spreading in its growth, uniformly productive, andthe f
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