854 THE PEAR. 



Selleck. 



Origin somewhat iincertaiu. Tiie oldest beaiir.^ tree stands on the 

 gi'ounds of Cohimbus Selleck, Sudbury, Vt., and is of healthy gi-owth, 

 and very productive. Young wood grayish olive brown. 



Fruit large, obovate obtuse pyriform. Surface uneven, fine yellow, 

 sometimes with a crimson cheek, and thickly sprinkled with russet dots. 

 Stalk long and curved, fleshy at its insertion in a moderate cavity. 

 Calyx nearly closed, in a rather small uneven basin. Flesh white, a 

 little coarse, juicy and melting, sweet, aromatic. Good to very good. 

 September, October. 



Senateur Mosselman. 



A foreign variety. 



Fruit medium or below, roundish, slightly obovate. Skin greenish 

 yellow, shaded in the siin with orange and crimson, and numerous brown 

 and riisset dots. Flesh yellowish, firm, moderately juicy, sweet. Good. 

 Februaiy, March. 



Seraphine Ovix. 



A Belgian variety, originated in 1854. Tree vigorous, making long 

 annual shoots, pretty stout, of olive brown, with oblong white specks. 



Fruit mediiim, roundish obtuse pyriform, pale yellow, mottled and 

 marbled in the sun with crimson, numerously dotted with large conspi- 

 cuous russet and gray dots or specks. Flesh yellowish white, half fine, 

 half melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, slightly aromatic, musky. Good. 

 September. 



Serrurier. 



Serrurier d'Automme. Nouveaa Maison. 



Fondante de Millot. Nouveau MauxioiL 



Fondante Serrurier de Millot. 



A seedling of Professor Van Mons'. Tree vigorous, healthy, pro- 

 d\ictive. Young wood light yellow brown. 



Fruit medium, roundish obovate obtuse. Skin pale yellow, with a 

 tinge of red in the sun, considerably netted and patched ^\"ith russet, and 

 numerously sprinkled with russet dots. Stalk medium, inserted in a 

 small cavity, often rvisseted. Calyx open. Basin small. Flesh yellow- 

 ish white, a little coarse, juicy, melting, vinovis, slightly astringent. 

 Good to very good. October. 



Seutin. 

 Poire Seutin. 



A seedling of M. Bouvier's. 



Fruit medium or above, ovate, gi^een, with a broAvnish shade in sun, 

 marblings, patches, and dots of dull russet. Stalk quite long. Calyx 

 large, with short persistent segments. Flesh half fine, white, melting, 

 juicy, sweet, perfumed. September, October. (Alb. Pom.) 



