752 THE PEAR. 



winter or spring Pears. It seems to reqiui'e a rather wanner climate 

 than that of the Eastern States to arrive at full perfection, and has dis- 

 appointed the expectations of many cultivators. It bears weU here, but 



Easter Beurr6. 



is rather variable in quality. In good seasons, if packed away in boxea 

 and ripened off in a warm room, it is a delicious, melting, buttery fruit. 

 The tree grows upright, and thriftily, with reddish yellow shoots. It 

 requires a warm exposure and a rich soil to give fine fruit as an open 

 standard tree. It is said to succeed well at the South. 



Fruit large, roundish obovate obtuse, often rather square in figure. 

 Skin yellowish green, sprinkled with many russety dots, and some russet, 

 which give it a bro\vnish cheek in some specimens. Stalk rather short, 

 stout, planted in an abruptly sunken obtuse ca\dty. Calyx small, 

 closed, but little sunk among the plaited folds of the angular basin. 

 Flesh white, fine-grained, very buttery, melting and juicy, with a 

 sweet and rich flavor. January to Mai'ch. 



Eastnor Castle. 



Fruit medium, roundish. Skin green and thick. Flesh greenish 

 ivhite, juicy, melting. December. 



