338 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



juice as the Secke], but it is a rich, spicy, and excellent fruit, 

 and, added to its color, which is a rich cinnamon russet, it is 

 a most desirable addition to any collection of pears. 



Fig. 32. Oliver's Russet. 



The original tree sprung up from seed immediately in the 

 neighborhood of two pear trees, — one of them the old Orange, 

 once such a general favorite, and the other, the Doyenne blanc, 

 or St. Michael ; and its appearance indicates such a parent- 

 age, having the russet skin of the Orange, with the fine 

 flavor of the Doyenne. 



The trees are of erect and vigorous habit, and produce 

 abundantly. The wood is of a deep reddish brown, and the 

 annual shoots are covered with a whitish down ; the leaves, 

 which are of a dark dull green, have also somewhat of the 

 mealy appearance of the young shoots. We have not yet 

 ascertained whether it will succeed upon the quince. 



Size, medium, about two and a quarter inches long, and 

 two in diameter : Form, obovate, full at the crown, and taper- 

 ing to the stem end, which is obtuse : Skin, fair, slightly 

 rough, with a yellow ground, nearly or quite covered with a 



