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 (14596923308)

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Title: 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
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852 Downing, Charles, 1802-1885, ed
Subjects: Fruit-culture Fruit
Publisher: New York, Wiley & Halsted
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries



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pen, set in a very small basin. Flesh white, buttery, juicy,melting, with a good vinous flavour, sometimes slightly astrin-gent. September, October. Doyenne Robin of Langelier. Beurre Robin. Tree vigorous, yellowish-brown shoots. Fruit medium, round-ish, very much depressed at top and bottom; angular andirregular. Skin greenish yellow, thickly sprinkled with • russetand grey dots. Stalk, long, stout, inserted in a broad deepcavity. Calyx closed, set in a wide, open, irregular basin.Flesh whitish, rather coarse, juicy, melting, somewhat granular,with a rather rich vinous perfumed flavour. September. Doyen Dillen. Van Mons. Deacon Dillen. Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit rather large, oblong,pyriform, or oblongated conic. Skin fine yellow, inclining torusset, thickly sprinkled with russet specks. Stalk short, thick,and fleshy, strongly fixed without any depression. Calyx small,rarely open, basin of moderate depth. Flesh juicy, buttery,sweet and rich. October, November. THE pea: 401
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Loyen DiUen. Doyenne Goubault. Of slow growth, and rather slender branches. Fruit medium,occasionally large, obovate, acute-pyriform. Stalk short, andthick. Calyx small, deeply sunk. Colour, dull pale yellow,with a few traces of russet, particularly around stem, and calyx.Flesh melting, and juicy. Flavour rich, sweet, aromatic. RipeDecember to February. (Wilder in Hort.) 492 THE PEAR.