60 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



and succeeds either upon the quince or pear, coming into 

 bearing the fourth or fifth year. Wood reddish brown, very 

 thickly covered with small, whitish specks. 



Size, medium, about two and three quarters inches long, and 

 two and a quarter in diameter : Form, oblong, inclining to 

 oval, slightly swollen on one side, largest in the middle, and 

 obtuse at the stem : Skin., slightly rough, yellowish green, 

 faintly streaked with a bronzy red on the sunny side, traced 

 with russet on the other, and covered with scattered russet 

 specks, and a few large patches of russet : Stem, medium 

 length, about one inch long, moderately stout, curved, smooth, 

 pale brown, and little sunk in a contracted cavity, high- 

 est on one side : Eye, small, partially closed, and slightly 

 depressed in a shallow, and somewhat furrowed, basin ; seg- 

 ments of the calyx rather short, rounded : Flesh, white, coarse, 

 melting and juicy, and slightly gritty at the core : Flavor, 

 rich, saccharine, sprightly and refreshing, with a pleasant 

 perfume : Core, large : Seeds, medium size, pale brown. 

 Ripe in September and October. 



87. Eyewood. Ho7't. Transactions, Yol. IX. 



The Eyewod {fig. 7,) is one of the few of Mr. Knight's 

 pears which have been proved, by American pomologists, to 

 be worthy of general cultivation. The Dunmore has not yet 

 been fairly tried; and the true Monarch is still unknown here. 

 The Althorp Crassane, the Moccas, and the Eyewood, there- 

 fore, remain as the varieties which, thus far, have proved de- 

 sirable. 



Two good qualities which Mr. Knight's pears all have are, 

 their exceeding vigor and hardiness, and it goes to prove that, 

 in the production of new varieties, it is important that at 

 least one of the parents should be of some very vigorous and 

 hardy kind. His pears are also great bearers. 



The Eyewood is a remarkably vigorous tree, making stout 

 and strong branches, which are clothed with large buds, with 

 prominent shoulders, giving it, very properly, the distinctive 

 appellation of Eyewood, from the exceeding prominence of 

 the buds or eyes. It may readily be told, in the nursery rows, 

 from other kinds. Whether it will succeed well upon the 



