The Fruit Manual; Containing The Descriptions and synonymes of the fruits and fruit trees commonly met with in the gardens & orchards of Great Britain, with selected lists of those most worthy of cultivation

Preface

Fifteen years ago I published a Manual of Fruits, which at the time included most of the varieties found in nurseries and private gardens. This being favour-ably received, the whole impression ...

Robert Hogg.

61, WINCHESTER STREET, PIMLICO. Sept. 1st, 1860. ...

Apple Varieties: A

[D. signifies that varieties so marked are to be used only for the dessert; K, for kitchen purposes; C, for cider-making. Those marked K.D. are applicable either to kitchen or ...

Apple Varieties: B

Baron Ward.Fruit below medium size, ovate. Skin smooth and shining, of a fine uniform deep yellow colour. Eye slightly open, and not much depressed. Stalk short. Flesh tender, crisp, ...

Apple Varieties: C

Clissold's Seedling. See Lodgemore Nonpareil. Calville, Winter White, k. (White Calville).-Large and flattened, marked on its sides with pro-minent ribs. Skin smooth, shining, ...

Apple Varieties: D

Duke of Devonshire.Fruit medium sized, roundish-ovate. Skin of uniform lemon-yellow colour, with a dull red cheek; the surface veined with russet. Eye large and open, set in a wide and ...

Apple Varieties: E

Early Crofton. See Irish Peach. Early Harvest, d. {Yellow Harvest).Medium sized, round. Skin clear pale yellow. Eye small and closed. Stalk half an inch long, not deeply ...

Apple Varieties: F

Fearn's Pippin, k.d. (Ferris' Pippin, Clifton Nonesuch). Medium sized, round, flat at the ends. Skin greenish yellow, russety round the stalk, and bright red next the sun. Stalk short. ...

Apple Varieties: G

Garnon's. See Court Pendu Plat. Garret Pippin. See Borsdorffer. Girkin Pippin. See Wyken. Gloria Mundi, k. (Baltimore, Mammoth, Ox Apple, Monstrous Pippin....

Apple Varieties: H

Hall Door, d. Medium sized, roundish. Skin greenish yellow in the shade, and streaked with red on the side next the sun. Eye small, and set in a rather deep basin. Stalk short, and ...

Apple Varieties: I-J

Ingestrie Red, d. Small, oblong ovate. Skin bright yellow, tinged with red next the sun, speckled with dots. Eye in a round, wide basin. Stalk short and slender. Flesh pale yellow, of ...

Apple Varieties: K

Keddleston Pippin, d.Small, conical, and regularly formed. Skin of a uniform yellow colour, with veinings and specks of russet. Eye half open, set in a shallow, plaited basin. Stalk ...

Apple Varieties: L

Lady De Grey's. See Kentish Pill Basket. Lamb Abbey Pearmain, d.Medium sized, conical, slightly flattened at the ends. Skin yellowish green; orange, streaked with red, next the ...

Apple Varieties: M

Maclean's Favourite, d.Medium sized, roundish. Skin yellow. Flesh crisp and richly flavoured, resembling the Newtown Pippin. An abundant bearer, and of the highest excellence. ...

Apple Varieties: N

Nanny, d. Medium sized, roundish, angular and ribbed round the eye. Skin greenish yellow, streaked with crimson, and often with a deep red cheek. Eye open. Stalk short. Flesh yellow, ...

Apple Varieties: O

Oldaker's New. See Alfriston. Old Maid's. See Knobbed Russet. Orange Pippin. See Isle of Wight Pippin. Ord's Apple, d.Medium sized, conical, with promi-nent ...

Apple Varieties: P

Pearmain. See Winter Pearmain. Pearson's Plate, d.Small, roundish, and flattened. Skin greenish yellow, red next the sun. Eye open and shallow. Stalk half an inch long. Flesh ...

Apple Varieties: R

Ravelston Pippin, d.Medium sized, roundish, irregularly shaped, and ribbed. Skin greenish yellow, covered with red streaks. Eye closed. Stalk short and thick. Flesh yellow, firm, sweet, ...

Apple Varieties: S

Sack Apple. See Devonshire Quarrenden. Sack and Sugar, d.Below medium size, roundish, inclining to oval, with prominent ridges round the eye. Skin pale yellow, with a few ...

Apple Varieties: T

Thorle Pippin. See Whorle Pippin. Toker's Incomparable, k.Large, ovate, broad, and flattened at the base. Skin yellowish green, with a tinge of red next the sun, and a few ...

Apple Varieties: W-Y

Wadhurst Pippin, k.Above medium size, sometimes large, conical, and angular. Skin yellow, and mottled with brownish red on the side next the sun. Eye closed and deeply set. Stalk short ...

Apples of I. Southern Districts Of England and not extending

Further north than the river trent. 1. Summer Apples Dessert. Sack and Sugar Borovitsky &...

Apples of II. Northern Districts Of England Extending From The

River Trent To The River Tyne. 1. Summer Apples Dessert. Whorle Devonshire Quarrenden &...

Apples of III. Border Counties Of England And Scotland, and the

warm and sheltered situations in other parts of Scotland 1. Summer and Autumn Apples Dessert. Sir ...

Apples of IV. Northern Parts Of Scotland, and other exposed

situations in england and scotland. 1. Summer and Autumn Apples Those marked * require a wall. Dessert. ...

Apples V. For Espaliers, Or Dwarfs.

These succeed well when grafted on the Paradise or Doucin stock; and, from their small habit of growth, are well adapted for that mode of culture. Adams' Pearmain &...

Apples VI. For Orchard Planting As Standards.

These are generally strong-growing or productive varieties, the fruit of which being mostly of a large size, or showy appearance, they are, on that account, well adapted for orchard planting, to ...

Apricot Varieties: A

Alberge de Montgamet. See Montgamet. D'Alexandrie. See Masch Musch. Alsace.This is a variety of the Moorpark, and is of a very large size, with a rich and juicy ...

Apricot Varieties: B-E

Black (Noir; Purple).About the size and shape of a small Orleans plum, to which it bears some resemblance. Skin of a deep black-purple colour next the sun, but paler on the shaded side, ...

Apricot Varieties: G-M

Gros d'Alexandria See Large Early. Gros Commun. See Roman. Gros Peche. See Peach. Gros Precoce. See Large Early. Gros Rouge. See Large Bed. ...

Apricot Varieties: N-P

De Nancy. See Peach. Noir, See Black. Oldaker's Moorpark. See Moorpark. Peach (Peche; Gros Peche; De Nancy; De Wirtem-berg; Royal Peach).Large, oval, and ...

Apricot Varieties: R-S

Red Masculine.Small, roundish. Skin bright yellow on the shaded side; deep orange, spotted with dark red, next the sun. Suture well defined. Flesh yellow, juicy, and musky. Stone thick, ...

Apricot Varieties: T-W

Tardive d'Orleans.This is a late variety, ripening a fortnight after the Moorpark. Temple's See Moorpark. Turkey.Medium size, nearly round, not compressed. Skin ...

List Of Select Apricots

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Berberries.

Berberries, though, not cultivated to any extent, may be enumerated among the British fruits. The Common Berberry is found wild in hedgerows, and is also sometimes grown in shrubberies, both as ...

Cherries. Synopsis Of Cherries.

In the following arrangement I have endeavoured to classify all those varieties of cherries that are most nearly allied to each other, for the purpose of facilitating their identification. ...

Cherries I. Geans.

Branches rigid and spreading, forming round-headed trees. Leaves long, waved on the margin, thin and flaccid, and feebly supported on the footstalks. Flowers large, and opening loosely, with ...

Cherries II. Griottes.

Branches either upright, spreading, or more or less long, Blender, and drooping. Leaves flat, dark green, glabrous under- neath, and borne stiffly on the leafstalks; large and ...

Cherry Varieties: A

Adams' Crown.Medium sized, obtuse heart-shaped, and slightly compressed on one side. Skin pale red, mottled with yellow. Stalk two inches long. Flesh white, tender, juicy, and richly ...

Cherry Varieties: B

Baramdam. See Paramdam. Baumann's May (Bigarreau de Mai; Trempee Pre-coce).Medium sized, ovate, inclining to cordate, and irregular in its shape. Skin of a fine dark-red colour,...

Cherry Varieties: C

Carnation (Nouvelle d'Angleterre; De Villenne; Rouge pale; Wax Cherry).Large, round, and flattened, inclining to oblate. Skin thin, light red at first, but changing to a deeper colour as ...

Cherry Varieties: D

Dauphine. See Belle de Choisy. Delicate.Large, roundish, and flattened. Skin thin and translucent, fine rich amber coloured, quite covered with mottling of crimson. Stalk two ...

Cherry Varieties: e

Early Amber (Early Amber Heart; Rivers Early Amber Heart).Above medium size, heart-shaped. Skin pale amber, with a flush of red next the sun. Stalk two inches long. Flesh pale yellow, ...

Cherry Varieties: F

Flanders. See Cluster. Flemish.Pomologists have fallen into great mistakes with regard to this cherry, particularly those who make it synonymous with Gros Gobet; others think ...

Cherry Varieties: g

Gascoigne's Heart (Bleeding Heart; Herefordshire Heart; Red Heart).Above medium size, heart-shaped, broad at the stalk, and terminating at the apex in an acute, swollen point. Skin ...

Cherry Varieties: h

Harrison's Heart (White Bigarreau).Very large, distinctly heart-shaped, and uneven in its outline. Skin at first of a yellowish white, but becoming all over mottled with red. Stalk an ...

Cherry Varieties: I-K

Indulle. See Early May. Jeffreys' Duke (Cherry Duke of Duhamel; Jeffreys' Royal; Royale). Medium sized, round, and a little flattened, produced upon stalks of about an inch ...

Cherry Varieties: L

Lacure. See Black Heart. Lady Southampton's.This is a medium sized, yellow, heart-shaped cherry, of the Bigarreau class, with firm, but not juicy, flesh. It is now very little ...

Cherry Varieties: M-N

Mammoth (Kirtland's Mammoth).Very large, often an inch and an eighth in diameter; obtuse heart-shaped. Skin clear yellow, flushed and marbled with red. Stalk an inch and a quarter long. ...

Cherry Varieties: O-Q

Ohio Beauty. Large, obtuse heart-shaped. Skin pale yellow, overspread with red. Mesh pale, tender, brisk, and juicy. Beginning of July. Osceola.Above medium size, heart-...

Cherry Varieties: R

Ratafia (Brune de Bruxelles).Medium sized, round, and a little flattened at both ends. Skin dark brown, nearly black, and very shining. Stalk an inch and a half to two inches long. Flesh ...

Cherry Varieties: S

St. Margaret's. See Tradescant's Heart. Seize a la Livre. See Heine Hortense. Shannon Morello.Above medium size, round, and flattened at the stalk. Skin dark purplish ...

Cherry Varieties: T

Tardive de Mans (Merveille de Septembre).Small, ovate, flattened at the stalk. Skin smooth and shining, clear red in the shade, and mottled with purplish red where exposed. Flesh firm, ...

Cherry Varieties: V-W

Virginian May. See Kentish. Ward's Bigarreau. See Monstrous Heart, Waterloo.Large, obtuse heart-shaped, depressed at the apex, and flattened on one side. Skin very ...

List Of Select Cherries, Arranged According To Their Order Of

Ripening. I. For Gardens. These all succeed well in the open ground, or as espaliers; and those for dessert use are all worthy of being grown against a wall, when they are ...

Chestnuts.

We can hardly call the chestnut a British fruit. It is true, that in some situations in the southern counties it ripens fruit, but that is generally so very inferior to what is imported from ...

Crabs.

These are grown mainly for ornament. Their fruit, being generally very highly or delicately coloured, contribute to the decoration of shrubberies in the autumn; while their flowers make them gay ...

Cranberries.

Though these cannot be grown so generally as the other kinds of fruits, there are some who, having devoted their attention to the subject, have succeeded in forming artificial swamps where ...

Currants.

Black Grape. See Ogden's Black. Black Naples (New Black).Bunches short, but pro-duced in great abundance. Berries larger than any other variety, frequently measuring about ...

List Of Select Currants.

Black. Long-bunched Red Black Naples ...

Figs. Synopsis Of Figs

I. Fruit Round, Roundish, Or Turbinate. Skin dark. Flesh red. Black Bourjassotte Early ...

Figs: A-B

Angelique (Melitte; Madeleine; Coucourelle Blanche). Below medium size, about two inches long and an inch and three quarters broad; obovate. Skin yellow, dotted with long greenish-white ...

Figs: C-L

Chestnut-coloured Ischia. See Brown Ischia. Clementine. See Brunswick. Common Purple. See Brown Turkey. Cyprus. See Yellow Ischia. Early. See Brown ...

Figs: M-N

Madeleine. See Angelique. Madonna. See Brunswick. Malta (Small Brown). Small, roundish-turbinate, compressed at the apex. Skin pale brown, when fully ripe. Flesh the ...

Figs: P-R

(Eil de Perdrix.Small. Skin yellowish, with a brownish tinge, having a small, bright red circle under the surface round the eye: hence the origin of the name. Flesh white, tinged with red,...

Figs: S-Y

Savantine (Cordelliere).Fruit round, marked along its length with prominent nerves. Skin pale yellow. Flesh pale red. Singleton. See White Ischia. Small Blue. See ...

List Of Select Figs.

I. For Standards. Black Ischia Brown Ischia Brown Turkey II. For Walls. ...

Synopsis Of Gooseberries. I. Skin Red.

Round or Roundish. a. Skin smooth. Ironmonger Prince Regent (Boardman's) Lancashire Lad (Hartshorn's) Small Red ...

Synopsis Of Gooseberries. I. Skin Yellow.

Mound or Roundish. A. Skin smooth. C. Skin hairy. Yellow Ball ...

Synopsis Of Gooseberries. III. Skin Green.

Mound or Roundish. A. Skin smooth. Joke (Hodkinsons's) Glory of Kingston ...

Synopsis Of Gooseberries. IV. Skin White.

Hound or Roundish. A. Skin smooth. c. Skin hairy. Crystal ...

Gooseberry Varieties: A-C

Abraham Newland (Jackson's), l.p.Large and oblong. Skin white and hairy. Highly flavoured and excellent. Bush erect. Amber (Yellow Amber; Smooth Amber). Medium sized, ...

Gooseberry Varieties: D-F

Dr. Davies' Upright. See Bed Champagne. Double Bearing. See Red Walnut (Eckersley's). Duck Wing (Buerdsill's), l.p. Large and obovate. Skin yellow, and smooth. ...

Gooseberry Varieties: G

Glenton Green (York Seedling). Medium sized, oblong, narrowest at the base. Skin rather thick, very hairy, green, and with whitish veins. Of a sweet and an excellent flavour. Bush ...

Gooseberry Varieties: H-J

Hairy Amber. See Yellow Champagne. Hairy Black. See Ironmonger. Hairy Bed (Barton's).Small and roundish. Skin thick, red, and slightly hairy. Briskly and well ...

Gooseberry Varieties: K-O

Keens' Seedling (Keens' Seedling Warrington). Medium sized, oblong. Skin brownish red, hairy. Of first-rate quality. Bush pendulous; a great bearer, and earlier than Red Warrington. ...

Gooseberry Varieties: P-Q

Pastime (Bratherton's), l.p. Large and roundish. Skin dark red, and hairy. Of second-rate quality. The fruit is often furnished with extra bracts attached to its sides. Bush pendulous....

Gooseberry Varieties: R

Raspberry (Old Preserver; Nutmeg). Fruit small, roundish-oblong. Skin thick, dark red, and hairy. Richly flavoured and sweet. Ripens early. Bush spreading, and a good bearer. ...

Gooseberry Varieties: S-T

Scotch Nutmeg. Medium sized, roundish. Skin red, hairy, or downy. Flavour second-rate. Bush erect. Shakespere (Denny's), l.p. Large and roundish. Skin red, and hairy. ...

Gooseberry Varieties: V-Y

Victory (Lomas'), l.p.Large and roundish. Skin red, and hairy. Of second-rate flavour, but much esteemed for cooking. Bush pendulous. Victory (Mather's), l.p.Large and ...

Select Gooseberries. Desert and Exhibition

For Dessert Use Red. Ironmonger Red Warrington Keens'...

Synopsis Of Grapes. I. Berries Round, Or Nearly So.

* Black or Purple. A. Muscats Bidwill's Seedling August Muscat ...

Synopsis Of Grapes. II. Berries Oval, Or Nearly So.

* Black or Purple. a. Muscats. Black Prince Black Muscat of Alexandria &...

Grape Varieties: A

Aiga Passera. See Black Corinth. Aleppo (Striped Muscadine; Variegated Chasselas; Chasselas Panache; Morillon Panache; Raisin d'Alep; Raisin Suisse).Bunches medium sized, loose,...

Grape Varieties: B

Black Monukka.Bunches very large, and well set; ovate, and broadly shouldered. Berries of an oblong-ovate shape, like those of the Finger Grape, dark red or nearly black, and set on long ...

Grape Varieties: C

Caillaba (Caillaba Noir Musquee).Bunches long. Berries rather below medium size, round. Skin thin, but membranous, black. Flesh tender, juicy, and sweet, with a Muscat flavour. This is a ...

Grape Varieties: D-E

Dutch Hamburgh (Wilmot's Hamburgh).Bunches medium sized, compact, and rarely shouldered. Berries very large, roundish-oblate, uneven and hammered. Skin thick, very black, and covered with ...

Grape Varieties: G

Finger Grape. See Cornichon Blanc. Flame-coloured Tokay. See Lombardy. Frankenthal. See page 121. Froc de la Boulaye. See Prolific Sweetwater. Fruher Leipziger. See Early White ...

Grape Varieties: H-J

Hampton Court. See Black Hamburgh. Horsforth Seedling. See Morocco. Isabella. Bunches large. Berries large and oval. Skin thin, of a dark purple colour, almost black,...

Grape Varieties: K-L

Kempsey Alicante.Bunches six to eight inches long, not shouldered, and rather thickly set. Berries very large, from an inch to an inch and a quarter long, and three quarters to an inch ...

Grape Varieties: M

Macready's Early White. See St. John's. Madeira Muscat.Bunches of medium size, rather compact. Berries above medium size, round. Skin red-dish-purple. Flesh very juicy and rich,...

Grape Varieties: N-O

Negropont Chasselas (Chasselas de Negrepont). This is a variety which, in the bunches and foliage, re-sembles the Royal Muscadine. The berries are at first of a pale green colour, and ...

Grape Varieties: P

Palestine. See Syrian. Panse Musque. See Muscat of Alexandria. Parsley-leaved. See Ciotat. Passe Musque. See Muscat of Alexandria. Passolina ...

Grape Varieties: R

Raisin d'Alep. See Aleppo. Raisin d'Autriche. See Ciotat. Raisin de Calabre. See Calabrian Raisin. Raisin des Carmes. See West's St. Peter's. Raisin de ...

Grape Varieties: S

St. Jean. See Black July. St. John's (Raisin de St. Jean; Joannec; Joannenc; Blanche; Lashmar's Seedling; Macready's Early White). Bunches about five inches ...

Grape Varieties: T-U

Terre de la Promise. See Syrian. Teta de Vaca. See Cornichon Blanc. Tokai Musque. See Chasselas Musque. Tokay.The Hungarian wine, called Tokay, is not ...

Grape Varieties: W

Weisser Riessling. See White Rissling. West's St. Peter's (Black Lombardy, Money's St. Peter's; Poonah; Raisin des Carmes; Raisin de Cuba). Bunches large, tapering, and well ...

List Of Select Grapes.

For small establishments those marked should be chosen. I. For Walls In The Open Air Muscats. &...

Medlars.

Broad-leaved Dutch. See Dutch. Dutch (Broad-leaved Dutch; Gros Fruit; Gros Fruit Monstrueux; Large Dutch).This is by far the largest and most generally grown of the cultivated ...

Mulberries.

The only variety cultivated in this country for its fruit is the Black Mulberry (Morus nigra), and it is only in the southern counties where it attains perfection. In the midlands it ripens its ...

Nectarines

SYNOPSIS OF NECTARINES. I. FREESTONES Flesh separating from the stone. * Leaves without glands. A. Flowers large. &...

Nectarine Varieties: A-B

Anderdon's. See Old Newington. Aromatic. See Violette Hative. Balgowan (Balgone).Fruit very large, roundish, inclining to ovate. Skin pale green, mottled with red on ...

Nectarine Varieties: D-E

Downton.Fruit rather larger than Violette Hative, roundish oval. Skin pale green in the shade, but deep red next the sun. Flesh pale green, reddish at the stone, melting, juicy, and ...

Nectarine Varieties: F-I

Fairchild's. Fruit small, round, slightly flattened at the top. Skin yellowish-green, bright red next the sun. Flesh yellow to the stone, dry, and sweet. Stone nearly smooth. Flowers ...

Nectarine Varieties: L-N

Large Scarlet. See Violette Hative. Large White. See White. Late Green. See Peterborough. Late Melting.This appears to be a variety of Peterborough, but ...

Nectarine Varieties: O-P

Oatlands. See Elruge. Oldenburg.Fruit medium sized, ovate. Skin pale yellow on the shaded side, but very much covered with very dark red on the side next the sun. Flesh ...

Nectarine Varieties: R-S

Red Roman. See Roman. Rivers' Orange.This is a seedling raised from Pit-maston Orange, and differs from its parent in having kidney-shaped instead of round glands. The fruit is ...

Nectarine Varieties: T-W

Temple. See Elruge. Vermash. See Peterborough. Violet. See Violette Hative. Violette de Courson. See Violette Grosse. Violette Grosse (Grosse Violette ...

List Of Select Nectarines.

Those marked * are suitable for small collections. *Balgowan ...

Nuts And Filberts

Synopsis Of Nuts I. nuts.The husk shorter than, or as long as, the Nut. Bond ...

Synopsis Of Peaches.

I. FREESTONES. Flesh separating freely from the stone. * Leaves without glands. A. Flowers large. ...

Peache Varieties: A

Abec.Fruit of medium size and roundish, pitted at the apex, one side of which is higher than the other, and with a shallow suture, which is also higher on one side. Skin remarkably thin ...

Peache Varieties: B

Barrington (Buckingham Mignonne; Colonel Ansley's). Fruit large, roundish-ovate. Skin downy, yellowish-green, marbled with red next the sun. Suture well de-fined. Flesh yellowish, ...

Peache Varieties: C-D

Catherine.Fruit large, roundish, elongated, swollen on one side of the suture, and terminated by a small nipple. Skin yellowish-green, dotted with bright red in the shade, bright red ...

Peache Varieties: E

Early Admirable (Admirable).Fruit large, roundish. Skin fine clear light yellow in the shade, and bright red next the sun. Suture distinct. Flesh white, pale red at the stone, rich, ...

Peache Varieties: F-G

Flat Peach of China (China Peach; Java Peach). Fruit small, so much depressed at both ends as to form a deep hollow on each; in the top one is set a broad, rough, and five-angled eye. ...

Peache Varieties: H-K

Hardy Galande. See Violette Hative. Hative de Ferrieres.Fruit medium sized, roundish, marked with a shallow suture, which is higher on one side than the other. Skin white, ...

Peache Varieties: L-M

Late Admirable (Judd's Melting; Motteux' Seedling). Fruit very large, elongated, terminated with an acute swollen nipple. Skin yellowish-green, pale red and marbled and striped with deep ...

Peache Varieties: N-O

Neil's Early Purple. See Grosse Mignonne. New Royal Charlotte. See Royal Charlotte. Nivette(Dorsetshire; Veloutee Tardive). Fruit round, elongated, depressed at the ...

Peache Varieties: P

Padley's Early Purple. See Grosse Mignonne. Pavie Camu. See Pavie de Pompone. Pavie Monstrueuse. See Pavie de Pompone. Pavie de Pompone (Gros Malecoton; Gros ...

Peache Varieties: R

Red Alberge. See Yellow Alberge. Red Avant. See Red Nutmeg. Red Magdalen (French Magdalen; Madeleine de Courson; Madeleine Rouge).Fruit rather below medium size, ...

Peache Varieties: S-T

St. Laurent Jaune. See Rosanna. Salway.Fruit medium sized, round. Skin of a deep rich yellow colour. Flesh deep orange colour, very melting, juicy, and vinous. Glands kidney-...

Peache Varieties: V-W

Vanguard. This is a variety of Noblesse, and so similar to it that the fruits cannot be distinguished the one from the other. The only apparent distinction is in the habit of the trees, ...

List Of Select Peaches

Arranged in the order of ripening. Small Mignonne Early Grosse Mignonne Early York Abec Crawford's Early Grosse Mignonne Royal George Noblesse Bellegarde ...

Pear Varieties: A

Abbe Mongein. See Uvedale's St. Germain. Abondance. See Amour. Achan (Black Achan; Black Bess; Red Achan; Winter Beurre).Fruit medium sized, obovate, flattened towards the ...

Pear Varieties: B

Badham's. See Brown Beurre. Bancreif. See Crawford. Banneux. See Jaminette. Baronne de Mello (Adele de St. Denis; Beurre Van Mons; His).Fruit large, of a ...

Pear Varieties: B2

Beurre Benoit (Auguste Benoit; Benoit). Fruit medium sized, obovate. Skin pale yellow, strewed with patches and dots of pale brown russet. Eye open, placed in a round and shallow basin. ...

Pear Varieties: B3

Bezi de Bretagne.This is very similar in appearance to Passe Colmar, to which race it evidently belongs. The flesh is crisp, breaking, and very coarse-grained, very juicy and sweet, and ...

Pear Varieties: C

De Cadet. See Bergamotte Cadet. Caillot Rosat (English Caillot Rosat; King Pear). Fruit above medium size, pyriform. Skin smooth, greenish-yellow in the shade, and quite ...

Pear Varieties: D

Davy. See Flemish Beauty. Dean's. See White Doyenne. Dearborn's Seedling.Fruit small, turbinate. Skin smooth, of a pale yellow colour, strewed with small russety ...

Pear Varieties: E

Early Beurre. See Ambrosia. Early Catherine (of America). See Early Rousselet. Early Charnock. See Charnock. Early Rose Angle. See Citron des Carmes. ...

Pear Varieties: F

Fanfareau. See Hampden's Bergamot. Figue d'Alencon {Bonnissime de la Sarthe; Figue d'Hiver.Emit medium sized, pyriform. Skin greenish-yellow, strewed with russety dots. Eye ...

Pear Varieties: G

Gagnee a Heuze. See Flemish Beauty. Galston Moorfowl's Egg. Fruit below medium size, short obovate. Skin greenish-yellow,entirely covered with thin pale brown russet, and ...

Pear Varieties: H

Hacon's Incomparable (Downham Seedling).Fruit above medium size, roundish. Skin pale yellowish-green, sometimes with a brownish tinge on one side, and strewed with russety dots. Eye small ...

Pear Varieties: I-J

Imperatrice de Bois. See Flemish Beauty. L'Inconnue (L'Inconnue Van Mons).Fruit large and pyriform. Skin rough to the feel, greenish-yellow, covered with large grey dots and ...

Pear Varieties: K-L

King Edward's (Jackman's Melting). Fruit very ]arge, the size and shape of Uvedale's St. Germain. Skin smooth and shining, of a beautiful grass-green colour, which it retains even when ...

Pear Varieties: M

Mabile. See Napoleon. Madame. See Windsor. Madame Durieux.Fruit medium sized, bergamot-shaped. Skin greenish-yellow, mottled with large patches of russet, ...

Pear Varieties: N

Napoleon (Bonaparte; Bon Chretien NapoLeon; Beurre Napoleon; Captif de St. Helene; Charles X., Gloire de l'Empereur; Liard; Mabile; Medaille; Napoleon d'Hiver; Roi de Rome; Sucree Dore; ...

Pear Varieties: O-P

Ognonet. See Summer Archduke. Ognonet Musque. See Summer Archduke. Oken d'Hiver. See Winter Oken. L'Orpheline. See Beurre d'Aremberg. L'Orpheline d'Enghein. See ...

Pear Varieties: R

Rameau (Surpasse Reine).Fruit large, oblong-oval, and uneven in its outline. Skin lemon-yellow, mottled and dotted with russet. Eye open, slightly depressed. Stalk about an inch long, not ...

Pear Varieties: S

Saffran d'Automne. See Spanish Bon Chretien. SafFran d'Ete. See Summer Bon Chretien. St. Denis.Fruit small, turbinate, and uneven in its outline. Skin pale yellow, with a ...

Pear Varieties: T

Table des Princes. See Jargonelle. Tardif de Mons.Fruit oblong-obovate, even and regularly formed. Skin of a uniform yellow colour, paler on the shaded side, and with an orange ...

Pear Varieties: U-V

Union. See Uvedales St. Germain. Urbaniste (Beurre Drapiez; Beurre Picquery; Louise d'Orleans; Picquery; St. Marc; Serrurier d'Automne; Virgalieu Musquee).Fruit medium sized, ...

Pear Varieties: W-Z

Warwick Bergamot. See White Doyenne. Welbeck Bergamot. Fruit above medium size, roundish, uneven in its outline, and bossed about the stalk. Skin smooth and shining,...

Lists Of Select Pears

Arranged in their order of ripening. I. Collections Of Six Varieties For Pyramids, Bushes, Or Espaliers. 1. Jargonelle &...

Synopsis Of Plums. I. Fruit Round.

* Summer shoots smooth. Prince of Wales A. ...

II. Fruit Oval.

Summer shoots smooth. 1. Skin dark. 2. Skin palb. A.Freestones. ...

Plum Varieties: A

Abricotee Blanche. See Apricot. Abricotee de Braunau.Fruit about medium size, roundish, and marked with a deep suture. Skin green, like the Green Gage, covered with a white ...

Plum Varieties: B

Battle Monument. See Blue Perdrigon. Becker's Scarlet. See Lombard. Beekman's Scarlet. See Lombard. Belgian Purple (Bleu de Belgique).Fruit medium ...

Plum Varieties: C

Caledonian. See Goliath. De Catalogue. See White Primordian. Catalonian. See White Primordian. Cerisette Blanche. See White Primordian. Chapman's Prince ...

Plum Varieties: D

Damas Blanc. See White Damask. Damas Blanc Gros. See White Damask. Damas Blanc Hatif Gros. See White Damask. Damas Dronet.Fruit small, oval, and without any ...

Plum Varieties: E-F

Early Damask. See Morocco. Early Favorite (Rivers' Early Favorite; Rivers' No. 1).Fruit rather below medium size, roundish-oval, and marked with a shallow suture. Skin deep ...

Plum Varieties: G

General Hand. Fruit very large, roundish-oval, marked with a slight suture. Skin deep golden yellow, marbled with greenish-yellow. Stalk long, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh pale ...

Plum Varieties: I

Ickworth's Imperatrice (Kniglit's No. 6).Fruit large, obovate. Skin purple, marked with yellow streaks. Stalk stout, an inch or more in length. Flesh greenish-yellow, tender and juicy, ...

Plum Varieties: J-K

Jaune de Catalogue. See White Primordian. Jaune Hative. See White Primordian. Jefferson.Fruit large, oval, narrowing a little towards the stalk, and marked with a ...

Plum Varieties: L

Large Green Drying. See Knight's Green Drying. Late Green Gage (Heine Claude dOctober; Heine Claude Tardive).Fruit of the same shape but smaller than the Green Gage. Skin ...

Plum Varieties: M

McLaughlin. Fruit large, roundish-oblate. Skirt thin and tender, of a fine yellow colour, dotted and mottled with red, and covered with thin grey bloom. Stalk three quarters of an inch ...

Plum Varieties: N-O

Nectarine (Howell's Large; Jenkins Imperials Peach; Prune Peche).Fruit large,roundish, and hand-somely formed. Skin purple, covered with fine azure bloom. Stalk half an inch long, stout, ...

Plum Varieties: P

Parker's Mammoth. See Washington. Paterson's. See Gisborne's. Peach.Fruit large, roundish, inclining to oblate, marked with a shallow suture on one side. Skin bright ...

Plum Varieties: Q-R

Queen Claudia. See Green Gage. Queen Mother (Pigeons Heart). Fruit below medium size, round, and marked with a slight suture. Skin dark red next the sun, but paler towards the ...

Plum Varieties: S

St. Barnabe. See White Primordian. St. Catherine.Fruit medium sized, obovate, tapering towards the stalk, and marked with a suture which is deepest at the stalk. Skin pale ...

Plum Varieties: T-V

Tardive de Chalons.Fruit rather small, round, inclining to oval, and marked with a well-defined suture. Skin brownish-red, thinly strewed with minute dots. Stalk three ...

Plum Varieties: W-Z

Washington {Bolmar; Bolmar's Washington; Franklin; Irving's Bolmar; Parker's Mammoth). Fruit large, roundish-ovate, with a faint suture on one side. Skin of a fine deep yellow, marked ...

Lists Of Select Plums,

Arranged in their order of ripeniny. I. For Dessert. July Green Gage Abricotee de ...

Synopsis Of Raspberries

I. Summer Beabers. 2. Fruit Bed. Barnet ...

Raspberry Varieties: A-B

American Black. See Black Cap. D'Anvers a Fruits Ronds. See Hound Antwerp. Autumn Black.This is a variety raised by Mr. Rivers from the new race of Black Raspberries ...

Raspberry Varieties: C-N

Carter's Prolific.Fruit large and round, of a deep red colour, with a firm flesh of excellent flavour. A summer-bearing variety. De Chili. See Yellow Antwerp. ...

Raspberry Varieties: O-Y

October Red (Merveille de Quatre Saisons Rouge.) The fruit of this variety produced from the old canes left in spring is small and inferior; but the suckers put forth in June furnish an ...

List Of Select Raspberries.

Autumn Black October Yellow Carter's Prolific &...

Strawberry Varieties: A-B

Aberdeen Seedling. See Roseberry. Adair.Fruit medium sized, roundish-ovate, even and regular in its shape. Skin of a uniform dark red colour. Seeds not deeply embedded. Flesh ...

Strawberry Varieties: C-D

Captain Cook.Fruit large, roundish-ovate, and irre-gular. Skin deep scarlet, and frequently greenish at the point. Flesh pale scarlet, solid throughout, juicy and richly flavoured, but ...

Strawberry Varieties: E-G

Eleanor (Myatt's Eleanor).Fruit very large, conical or wedge-shaped, regular and handsome in its outline. Seeds considerably embedded, with prominent ridges between them, which give the ...

Strawberry Varieties: H-K

Highland Mary.Fruit above medium size, conical, and inclining to cockscomb shape. Skin dark red. Seeds small, not deeply embedded. Flesh white, rather hollow at the core, briskly and ...

Strawberry Varieties: M-N

Mammoth (Hyatt's Mammoth). Fruit immensely large, flattened, deeply furrowed and ribbed, irregular and uneven in its outline. Seeds small and very slightly embedded. Skin glossy, of a ...

Strawberry Varieties: O-R

Old Pine (Black Pine; Carolina; Scarlet Pine). Fruit medium sized, ovate, even and regular, and with a glossy neck. Seeds prominent. Skin deep red. Flesh pale red, very firm and solid, ...

Strawberry Varieties: S-W

Scarlet Pine. See Old Pine. Seedling Eliza. See Rivers Eliza. Sir Charles Napier.Fruit very large, ovate, flattened, and wedge-shaped. Seeds not deeply embedded. Skin ...

List Of Select Strawberries.

Black Prince Highland Chief British Queen ...

Walnut Varieties

A Bijoux. See Large Fruited. Common.The common walnut being raised from seeds there are a great number of varieties among those grown in this country, varying in size, flavour, ...

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