804 THE PEAR. 



Summer St. (jermaik. 



Short's Saint Germain. Joli-mont of some. 



Saint Germain de Martin. Hoe-Lang-.er Hoe-Lievfr. 



Saint Germain d'Ete. Jargonelle des Provencaux. 



A. pleasant, juicy summer Pear, of second-rate flavor, bearing lurgf 

 crops. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate pyriform. Skin pale green all ovei 

 the surface. Stalk an inch and a quarter long, obliquely insei-ted 

 Calyx large, in a basin scarcely sunken. Flesh juicy, tender, with a 

 veiy slight acid. Poor. Last of August, 



Summer Virgalieu. 



Powell's Virgalieu. 



Origin unknown. Tree modei-ately vigorous, productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish pyriform. Skin yellow, slightly netted and 

 patched with russet, and thickly sprinkled with russet dots. Stalk rather 

 long, often curved, set in a small cavity. Calyx open. Segments re- 

 curved. Basin shallow, uneven. Flesh yellowish, juicy, melting, a 

 little vinous. Good. August. 



SUPERFONDANTE. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate. Skin smooth, pale yellow, marked 

 with russet. Flesh white, buttery, melting, and good. October. 



Supreme de Quimper. 



This nice little Pear is of Belgian origin. Tree moderately vigorous, 

 xipright and productive. Young wood olive 3'ello\v brown, very short- 

 jointed. 



Fruit medium, roundish, slightly pyriform. Skin fine, clear yellow, 

 richly shaded with red, somewhat specked and netted with riisset. Stalk 

 i-ather short, obliquely inserted, without cavity, by a slight appearance 

 of a lip. Calyx open or partially closed. Basin shallow. Flesh 

 whitish, juicy, melting sweet and perfumed. Good to very good. Ripe 

 early in August. Should be gathered very early, or it becomes dry. 



SURPASSE MeURIS. 

 Ferdinand Demeester. 



A seedling of Van Mons'. Tree vigorous, very productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish, slightly oval. Skin greenish yellow, some- 

 times shaded with dull crimson in the sun, and thickly sprinkled -with 

 brownish dots. Stalk stoxit, fleshy at insertion, in a shallow depression. 

 Calyx large, 0])en, Segments long, recurved. Basin shallow, nneven. 

 Flesh whitish, juicy, buttery, half melting, sweet. Good. November. 



SURPASSE YlRGALIEU. 

 Surpasse Virgouleuse. Colmar Van Mons, erroneously. 



The precise origin of this very delicious fruit is not known. It was 

 first sent out from the nursery of the late Mr, Andrew Parmentier, of 

 Brooklyn, under this name, and is, perhaps, an unrecognized foreign 



