. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. 300 FARMER S HAND-BOOK. color reddish-purple toward the sun, palish-red in the shade, with a few yellow specks, and a lilac bloom ; flesh light brown, juicy, lively, slightly acid. Ripens middle of August. Royal Hative. — Also called Early Royal. Medium size ; round ; color purple, with dark yellowish spots and streaks, blue bloom; flesh yellow, tender, richly flavored. Early, thrifty, productive; ripens early in Sep tember. M'Laughlin. — Large size, round ; color brownish-yellow, with a red tingf;: flesh melting, juicy, fine flavor, though no
. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. 300 FARMER S HAND-BOOK. color reddish-purple toward the sun, palish-red in the shade, with a few yellow specks, and a lilac bloom ; flesh light brown, juicy, lively, slightly acid. Ripens middle of August. Royal Hative. — Also called Early Royal. Medium size ; round ; color purple, with dark yellowish spots and streaks, blue bloom; flesh yellow, tender, richly flavored. Early, thrifty, productive; ripens early in Sep tember. M'Laughlin. — Large size, round ; color brownish-yellow, with a red tingf;: flesh melting, juicy, fine flavor, though not superior. Ripens in August. Frost Gage. — Fruit rather small; roundish; color dark purple, with brown dots; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, saccharine, agreeable flavor. Fig. Ripens in October ; moderately productive : a good sort for cooking pur- poses. Remarks.— We have enumerated the most valuable sorts, though there are others more adapted, perhaps, to certain localities, or preferred by ama- teurs ; such as the Imperial Ottoman, Elfrey, Smith'^s Orleans, Flushing Gage, Red Diaper, Lombard, Black Dawson, Huling^s Superb, Blue Dwarf Gage, and Prince's Imperial Gage. THE QUINCE. Propagation, djrc. — The quince is, as all know, a low, much-branched, crowded, and irregular tree, blossoming in May or June, and ripening its fruit in October or November. It is generally propagated by layers, but cuttings root without difficulty. The best standards are produced by graft- ing, at the height of five or six feet, on the pear, the thorn, or the mountain ash. The quince is generally planted in the orchard, in some part where the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original O'Neill, F. W. , ed; Williams, H. L. , ed. New York, R. Worthington
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