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Identifier: fruitsofamericac00hove (find matches)
Title: The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States
Year: 1848 (1840s)
Authors: Hovey, C. M. (Charles Mason), 1810-1887
Subjects: Fruit Fruit
Publisher: Boston : C.C. Little and J. Brown and Hovey
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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right green, smooth, nearly flat, with prominentnerves beneath, doubly and rather sharply serrated; petioles, mediumlength, about one and a half inches long, stout, downy, with two me-dium sized glands at the base of the leaf. Flowers.—Large ; petals, roundish, cupped ; style and stamensabout equal. Fruit.—Large, upwards of an inch in diameter, and one inch inlength: Form, obtuse heart-shaped, tapering very little to the point,which is broadly rounded, with a very shallow suture on one side, endingin a shallow depression at the apex: Skin, shining, clear rich amberin the shade, beautifully colored, and somewhat mottled with brilliant redin the sun, in some well-ripened specimens nearly covering the fruit:Stem, short, about one inch long, rather stout, nearly straight, and in-serted in a deep, round cavity: Flesh, pale amber, rather firm, buttender, rich, brisk and dehcious, sHghtly adhering to the stone : Stone,small, oval. Ripe from the middle of July to beginning of August. (26)
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William Sharp  (1803–1875)  wikidata:Q8018327
 
Description American lithographer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1803 Edit this at Wikidata 1875 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ramsey United States of America
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Hovey, C. M. (Charles Mason), 1810-1887
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  • bookyear:1848
  • bookdecade:1840
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Hovey__C__M___Charles_Mason___1810_1887
  • booksubject:Fruit
  • bookpublisher:Boston___C_C__Little_and_J__Brown_and_Hovey
  • bookcontributor:UMass_Amherst_Libraries
  • booksponsor:UMass_Amherst_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:281
  • bookcollection:umass_amherst_libraries
  • bookcollection:blc
  • bookcollection:americana
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