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88 THE PEAR. 



dium, obloDg, obovate pyriform, yellowish green, with minute russet dots, 

 suffused at base with sea-green, occasionally a russet trace ; stem long, 

 slender; cavity slight; calyx open; segments short, rounded; core me- 

 dium ; seeds ovate; flesh white, melting, juicy, sweet, nearly *• best.'' 

 Middle to last August. 



WiEDOW. 

 Wredow. 



Foreign. Fruit medium, oblong obovate, acute pyriform, greenish yel- 

 low ; stem medium, obliquely planted wiih lip one side; calyx small ; 

 flesh white, juicy, vinous, perfumed, " very good." October. 



Wilkinson. 



American. From Cumberland, R. f. Tree thrifty, hardy, productive, 

 "good" in its own locality, elsewhere poor. Fruit medium, oval obovate, 

 yellow, with brown dots and specks; stem rather long and stout; calyx 

 small, open ; flesh white, juicy, sweet. October to December. 



Zepherine Gregoire. 



Foreign. Fruit globular, acute pyriform ; stem fleshy ^color dull green, 

 thin covering of russet, brownish red cheek ; flesh very melting, tender, 

 juicy, "very good." November. (Wilder, in Hort.) 



CLASS III. Unworthy farther cultivation. 

 Admiral. 



Amiral, | Colmar Charnay. 



Foreign. Large, roundish pyriform, greenish yellow ; flesh coarse, juicy 

 October. 



Adams. 



American. Small, roundish obovate, yellow russet ; flesh coarse. October 



Angleterre. 



EInglish Beurre, | Beurre d'Angleterre. 



Foreign. Medium, pyriform, green and russet ; flesh white. September. 



, Ambrosia. 



Early Beurre. 



Foreign. Medium, roundish obovate, greenish yellow, rusaeted. August. 



