 | Country life - 1849 - 690 pages
...roundish, wavy leaves. It does not succeed upon the quince, and should always be worked on the pear. Size, large, about three and a half inches long and...two and a half in diameter: Form, obtuse pyramidal, knobby and very uneven in its outline, large in the middle, narrowing to the eye, and obtuse at the... | |
 | Country life - 1849 - 702 pages
...yellowish brown. It is also a good bearer, and ripens its fruit well. Our description is as follows : — Size, large, about three and a half inches long, and two and a half in diameter : Form, oblong pyramidal, broad and slightly flattened at the crown, and tapering regularly to an obtuse point... | |
 | Charles Mason Hovey - Fruit - 1852 - 308 pages
...stout, often curved or wavy. FLOWERS. — Large ; petals oblong, somewhat cupped ; claw long. FRUIT. — Large, about three and a half inches long and two and a half in diameter: Form, regular, pyramidal, full at the crown, little contracted about the middle, and tapering to the stem... | |
 | Charles Mason Hovey - Botany - 1854 - 608 pages
...with rich deep green foliage. We do not know how it succeeds on the quince. Size, medium, about three inches long and two and a half in diameter ; Form, obtuse pyramidal, full and rounded at the crown, narrowing to the stem ; Skin, fair, smooth, yellowish green, becoming pale... | |
 | Fruit-culture - 1854 - 608 pages
...with rich deep green foliage. We do not know how it succeeds on the quince. Size, medium, about three inches long and two and a half in diameter ; Form, obtuse pyramidal, full and rounded at the crown, narrowing to the stem ; Skin, fair, smooth, yellowish green, becoming pale... | |
 | Fruit-culture - 1856 - 594 pages
...history we cannot learn, but it appears surprising that so good a pear should not be better known. Size, large, about three and a half inches long, and two and a half iu diameter : Form, oblong or obtuse pyramidal, largest about the middle, rounding off to the eye,... | |
 | Fruit-culture - 1857 - 688 pages
...ten years old, produces abundantly, having borne an annual crop. Wood yellowish brown. Size, medium, about three and a half inches long and two and a half in diameter: Form, pyramidal, regular, large about the middle, rounding off to the crown and contracted near the stem:... | |
 | W. J. Lake - 1857 - 176 pages
...it reaches the water. Lays two or three eggs; of a dirty -white colour with brown spots ; each egg about three and a half inches long, and two and a half wide. Very careful of its young; when teaching them to fly, will occasionally support them on its wings.... | |
 | W. J. Lake - Earth sciences - 1858 - 182 pages
...it reaches the water. Lays two or three eggs ; of a dirty-white colour with brown spots ; each egg about three and a half inches long, and two and a half wide. Very careful of its young; when teaching them to fly, will^ occasionally support them on its... | |
 | Fruit-culture - 1859 - 588 pages
...think it deserving a description at this time. 51. Tin: DOTZRKl' DOWKIIfG PIAR. Size, medium, about two and a half inches long, and two and a half in diameter : Form, obovate, swollen somewhat on one side, large at the crown, obtuse at the stem : Skin, fair, smooth,... | |
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Size, medium, about three inches long and two and a half in diameter ; Form, obtuse pyramidal... 
