VARIETIES OF PEARS 



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pyriform, symmetrical; stem IV^ inches long, thick, curved, fleshy; cavity 

 shallow, narrow, lipped, with a fleshy ring around the stem; calyx large, 

 open; lobes separated at the base, narrow, acuminate, erect and very stiff; 

 basin shallow, wide, obtuse, wrinkled; skin thick, tough, smooth, glossy; 

 color pale lemon-yellow, mottled and dotted with bright red, deepening in 

 highly colored specimens to a crimson blush, with faint traces of russet ; 

 dots numerous, small, russet, conspicuous; flesh tinged with yellow, very 

 granular and gritty at the center, tender and melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, 

 rich, vinous, aromatic; quality very good; core large, closed, with clasping 

 core-lines; calyx-tube long, narrow, funnel-shaped; seeds medium in size 

 and width, plump. 



450. Doyenne Boussock (Fig. 113). Boussoclx. 

 were better in quality and kept longer, this 

 variet}^ would take rank among the best com- 

 mercial sorts, for the pears are handsome and 

 the trees are nearly flawless. The pears are 

 above medium in size and are sometimes large 

 or very large. The trees are large and vigor- 

 ous, as hardy to cold as those of any other 

 pear, little susceptible to blight, and remark- 

 able for their prominent buds and large, 

 thick, glossy green leaves, which turn deep 

 red in the autumn. This pear is supposed to 

 have been raised by the Belgian, Van Mons, 

 at the beginning of the nineteenth century. 



If the fruits 



Fig. 



113. Doyenne 

 Boussock. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, tall, hardy, productive. Fruit 

 matures in early September; large, 3 inches long, 2% inches wide, uniform, 

 obtuse-obovate-pyrif orm ; stem 1 inch long, very thick ; cavity obtuse, shal- 

 low, broad, often russeted, furrowed, lipped; calyx large, open; lobes sepa- 

 rated at the base, broad, acute; basin shallow, wide, obtuse, furrowed and 

 wrinkled; skin thin, tender, smooth except for the russet nettings; color 

 pale yellow, occasionally with a mottled pinkish-red blush, more or less 

 netted with russet; dots numerous, small, russet, conspicuous; flesh white, 

 tender and melting, very juicy, briskly acid; quality good; core large, 

 closed, axile, with meeting core-lines; calyx-tube very short, wide, broadly 

 conical; seeds black, narrow, long, flattened, often abortive. 



451. Elizabeth. Manning's Elizabeth. — Elizabeth is among the 

 best summer pears for eastern America. The characters which 

 commend it are : handsome well-flavored fruits ; and vigorous, 

 hardy, productive trees, which are as resistant to blight as those 



