THE PEAR. 



Souvenir d'Esperen. 



857 



This seedling Pear of Major Esperen's proves one of the very bcsr, 

 either for amateur or market cultivation. Tree vigoro\is, healthy, hardy, 

 and productive, and holds its foliage well and late. Young wood olive 

 reddish yellow brown. 



Fruit large, oblong pyriform. Surface uneven. Skin greenish yel- 

 low, mostly covered with dull rough russet, especially around the stalk 



Souveuir d'Espercn. 



and calyx. Stalk long, inclined, set in a slight cavity, sometimes by a 

 lip. Calyx open. Segments mediiim, erect, sometimes a little recumed. 

 Basin small, narrow, uneven. Flesh yellowish, juicy, vinous, aromatic. 

 Very good. October, i^ovcmber. 



Souvenir de la Reine des Belges. 



A Belgian Pear seedling of M. Gregoire. Tree vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. 



Frxiit above medium, acute ])yriform, pale yellow, tinged with crim- 

 son brown in sun, patched and dotted with thin russet. Stalk short, 



