THE PEAR. 779 



Fruit large, obloug, very obtuse pyriform, greenisli yellow, slightly 

 netted and patched with russet, and many green and russet dots. Stalk 

 varying, sometimes long, pretty stout, set in a cavity, often with a lij). 

 Calyx open. Segments long, slender, recurved. Basin shallow, uneven, 

 slightly russeted. Flesh whitish, juicy, melting, pleasant, sweet, a little 

 perfumed. Very good. September. 



Hanover. 



From Hanover Furnace, N. J. 



Fruit below medium, roundish obovate. Skin green, with dull gx-een 

 russet markings, and a brown cheek. Stalk medium. Cavity shallow and 

 angular. Calyx open, in an irregvilar basin. Flesh greenish yellow, ex- 

 ceedingly melting and juicy. Flavor pleasant. Good. Ripe October. 

 (Ad. Int. Rep.) 



Harris. 



Speckled Harris ? 



Received from Georgia. Tree vigorous, productive. 



Fruit medium, obovate obtuse to obovate acute 2:»yrifoi"m, pale yel- 

 low, deep red in the sun, many green and brown dots. Flesh whitish, 

 buttery, not juicy, sweet. Good. September. 



Harrison's Large Fall. 



Rushmore's Bon Chretien. Richmond. Erglebert Lott. 



Large Swan's Egg. Lett's Pear. 



An American variety, a strong, rapidly -growing tree, comes early into 

 bearing, and produces abundantly. 



Fruit large, irregular, inclined, obovate obtuse pyriform, pale yellow, 

 with a red cheek. Valued as a cooking fruit. August, September. 



Harvard. 

 Boston Epame. Cambridge Sugar Pear. Belle de Flushing. 



The Harvard produces enormous crops, of fair quality. The tree is 

 remarkably hardy and vigorous, with upright shoots forming a fine head. 

 It originated at Cambridge, Mass. 



Fruit i-ather lai'ge, oblong pyriform, russety olive yellow, with a 

 brownish-red cheek. Stalk rather stout, inserted i-ather obliquely on the 

 narrow summit or in a small cavity. Calyx set in a narrow basin. 

 Flesh white, tender, juicy, and melting, of excellent flavor, but liable, 

 if not picked early, to rot at the core. Beginning of September. 



Harvest. 

 Early Sugar. Sugar Pear. Wolcott's Early ? 



An American variety. Tree an ujiright round spreading head, a 

 good grower and bearer. Young wood olive yellow brown. 



Fruit below medium, or small, roundish, pale yellow, brown tinge of 

 ^ed in the sun, and sprinkled with brown and green dots. Flesh whitish^ 

 not very juicy or melting, but sweet, pleasant. Good. July. 



