42 FRUIT BOOK. 



No. 58. Quince Apple. The tree of this 

 variety is of vigorous growth ; the size of the fruit 

 large ; the shape flat ; the skin, when fully ripe, of 

 a rich lemon yellow; flesh rich and juicy; it is a 

 great bearer in alternate years, and is, one of the 

 very best fall apples we possess, ripening in Novem- 

 ber. Coxe says that it came originally from the 

 State of New York. 



No. 59. Michael Henry Pippin. This va- 

 riety, (supposed to have originated in New Jersey) 

 with us is a large fair apple, of a handsome oblong 

 shape, color when ripe of a light lemon yellow ; the 

 flesh is sweet, ripening in November, but keeping 

 well throughout nearly the whole winter. Bears 

 well, not greatly, every year. 



THE PEAR. * 



The pear was probably held in higher estimation 

 by the ancients, than the apple, as Pliny enumerated 

 a greater number. It is a much more hardy and 

 durable tree than the apple, and although longer in 

 coming into a fruit-bearing state, will exist for cen- 

 turies, in health and vigor. The pear is propagated 

 by seeds, with a view to obtain new varieties, or for 

 the purpose of stocks on which to graft or bud 

 known or approved kinds. Doctor Van Mons, and 

 M. Duquesne, possess eight hundred approved sorts, 

 which they obtained from seeds within sixteen years. 

 Pears, however, are more uncertain from seed, than 

 apples ; for by far the greater number thus raised, 



