DESCRIPTION OF NEW PEARS. 



Doyenne du Cornice d^ Angers 



ably known in the United States. 

 They embrace, among other things, 

 a " School of Pears," where all vari- 

 eties of merit are tested before being 

 propagated in the nurseries — a feature 

 which is now being adopted to a con- 

 siderable extent in this country. 



I. Doyenne du Cornice d'An- 

 GERS. — Tree — vigorous, pyramidal 

 shaped, productive; fruit — very large, 

 regularly turbinate; skin — greenish 

 yellow, speckled with russet dots; 

 flesh-melting, buttery, juicy, sugary, 

 agreeably perfumed; very delicious; 

 ripens in November and December; 

 raised from seed in the garden of the 

 Horticultural Society at Angers. 



IT. WiEDOw Pear. — The trees of 



this variety are of 

 medium growth, py- 

 ramidal shaped, 

 straight branched 

 the wood is short 

 stout; very produc- 

 tive; fruit — of medi- 

 um size, regularly 

 turbinate; the stem 

 is slender, and ob- 

 liquely inserted at 

 the surface; color — 

 yellowish green, co- 

 vered over about half 

 of the surface with 

 dark gray spots, 

 grayer on the sunny 

 side. It resembles 

 the color of Beurre 

 9'Angleterre; skin — 

 Ihin; flesh — white, 

 very melting, butte- 

 ry; juice— abundant, 

 slightly acidulous or 



Wiedoio Pear 



