VARIETIES OF PEARS 297 



quality good to very good; core large, closed, with clasping core-lines; 

 calyx-tube short, wide, conical; seeds narrow^, long, flat, acute, very often 

 abortive. 



459. Louise Bonne de Jersey. Louise. — The variety has many 

 excellent qualities of fruit and tree. The fruits are medium to 

 large, handsome, of excellent quality and keep and ship well. 

 The trees are precariously hardy and somewhat subject to blight, 

 but very vigorous, productive and long-lived. This pear is a 

 standard for home collections, and finds favor in many com- 

 mercial orchards. The parent tree of this pear was raised from 

 seed about 1780 by M. de Longueval, Avranches, Normandy. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright, very tall, dense-topped, hardy, productive, 

 long-lived. Fruit matures in October; medium to large, often 2% inches 

 long, 21/4 inches wide, oblong-pyriform, irregular, stem 1 inch long, slender, 

 usually curved; cavity obtuse, shalloAv, narrow, furrowed and wrinkled, 

 often lipped, the flesh folded up around the stem; calyx open, large; lobes 

 broad, acute; basin obtuse, furrowed and uneven; skin granular, smooth; 

 color pale yellow, marked on the exposed cheek with a dull pinkish-red 

 blush and with streaks of russet; dots numerous, small, grayish or russet, 

 conspicuous; flesh yellowish-white, tender and melting, very juicy; sweet, 

 aromatic, rich; quality very good; core closed, with clasping core-lines; 

 calyx-tube short, wide, conical ; seeds large, wide, long, plump, acute. 



Group 5. Ohovate-turhinate, or Eound-pyriform Pears 



460. Worden Seckel (Fig. 119). ^Vorden. 

 ■ — Well grown, the fruits of Worden Seckel 

 are voluptuously handsome in form and color. 

 They are smooth, glossy, trim of contour, 

 commonly uniform, with a beautifully 

 blushed cheek on a handsome yellow back- 

 ground. When the crop is thinned so that 

 the fruits attain large size, no pear is hand- 

 somer or will bring a higher price on the 



E^G. 119 Worden fi*uit-stands. The crop comes in with 



Seckel. Seckel, but keeps longer. The tree is very 



hardy and bears 3^oung. Worden Seckel 



was raised by Sylvester Worden, Minetto, New York, about 1881. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, rapid-growing, very productive. 

 Fruit ripe in late September-October; medium in size, 2^/^ inches long, 2% 



