THE PEAR. 803 



allowed a place there, cliiefly because it is tlie earliest of all Pears, rip- 

 ening at the beginning of July. 



Fi-uit very small, turbinate, yellow, with a dull red cheek. Flesh 

 breaking, sweet, with a slight musk flavor. Good. Very productive. 



Livingston Virgalieu. 



An old variety, somewhat grown along the Hudson River, origin 

 unknown. 



Fruit medium, roundish obovate, greenish yellow, patched and dot- 

 ted with russet. Stalk short. Calyx small, open. Flesh whitish, 

 juicy, nearly melting, sweet, pleasant. Good. September. 



Locke. 

 Locke's New Beurre. 



This is a native fruit, originated by James Locke, West Cambridge, 

 Mass. 



Fruit medium, i-oundish obovate, dull yellowish green, slightly 

 mottled with spots of darker green and bits of russet. Flesh greenish 

 white, melting, and juicy, with a sprightly vinous flavor. Good. 

 November and December. 



Lodge. 

 Smith's Bordenave. 



The Lodge Pear is a native of Pennsylvania, and is understood to 

 have originated near Philadelphia. It is a very agreeable subacid Pear, 

 and has so much of the Brown Beurre character, that we suspect it is 

 a seedling of that fine old vai'iety. 



Fi'uit of medium size, pyi-iform, tapering to the stem, and one-sided, 

 gi-eenish brown, the green becoming a little paler at maturity, and much 

 covered with patches of dull russet. Stalk an inch and a fourth long, 

 obliquely planted at the point of the fruit, which is a little swollen 

 there. Flesh whitish, a little gritty at the core, which is large, juicy, 

 and melting, with a rather rich flavor, relieved by pleasant acid. Vei-y 

 Good. September and October. 



London Sugar. 



An English Pear, described by Lindley. 



Fruit small, pyriform, pale yellow with a brownish tinge in sun. 

 Flesh tender, melting, sweet. Good. Last of July. 



Long Green. 

 Verte Longue. Mouille Bouche. Mouthwater, 



An old variety, described by Duhamel. Tree very vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit small, obovate acute pyriform. Stalk of medium length, 

 nearly perpendicularly inserted. Calyx small, almost without basin. 

 Skin remains green when fully ripe. Flesh melting, juicy, with a plea- 

 bant spicy flavor. Good. September. 



