884 THE PEAR. 



rowing to the eye. Skin yellowish green. Flesh white, tender or soft, 

 coarse-grained, with a somewhat astringent juice. Rots at the core. 

 Last of August. 



WiNSHIP. 

 Winship Seedling. 



Originated in the nurseries of the Messrs. Winship, Brighton, Mass. 

 Tree vigorous. Young wood rich dull yellow reddish brown. 



Fruit medium size; oblong acute pyriform. Skin gieenish yellow, 

 with traces and patches of russet. Stalk long, rather stout, and uneven. 

 Calyx large. Segments short, erect. Basin small, corrugated. Flesh 

 white, coarse, not juicy or melting. Poor. August. 



"Winter Bonchretien. 



Bon Chr.'tien d'Hiver. De Dos. 



Poire d'Angoise. De Fesses. 



Good Christian of Winter. De Bon Crustemenien. 



Winter Good Christian De Chr^^tien. 



Bon Chretien de Constantinople. Bon Chretien de Tours. 



Panchresta. Bon Chretien de Vernon. 



Poire d'Apothecaire. Bon Chretien. 



Crustemenie. Bon Chretien d'Auch. 



A Tetine. De Saint-Martin. 



This is perhaps one of the oldest Pears known, ha\'ing been de- 

 scribed in 1485. Its value is only for cooking. 



F]-uit large, obovate obtuse pyriform. Skin dull yellow, tinge of 

 brown in the sun, and spriiiked with russet dots. Stalk medium. 

 Cavity small. Calyx open. Basin deep. Flesh white, crisp, juicy, 

 Bweet, perfumed. December to March. 



Winter Nielis. 



Nelis d'Hiver. Etoumeau. 



Bonne de Malines. Bergamotte Thouin. 



Beurre de Malines. Colmar Nelis. 



La Bonne Malinaise. Thouin. 



Milanaise Cuvelier. Colmar d'Hiver. 



The Winter Nelis holds, in our estimation, nearly the same rank 

 among winter Pears that the Seckel does among the autiimnal vai'ieties. 

 It is a very hardy and thiifty tree, and bears regular crops of pears, 

 which always ripen well, and in succession. Branches diverging, rather 

 slender, dark reddish brown. It is a Flemish Pear, and was originated 

 by M. Nelis, of Mechlin. 



Fruit of medium size, or usually a little below it, rovmdish obovate, 

 narrowed-in near the stalk. Skin yellowish gi-een at maturity, dotted 

 with gi'ay russet, and a good deal covei-ed with russet patches and 

 streaks, especially on the sunny side. Stalk an inch and a half long, 

 bent, and planted in a narrow cavity. Calyx open, with stiff, short di- 

 visions, placed in a shallow basin. Flesh yellomsh white, fine-gi-ained, 

 buttery, and very melting, abounding with juice of a rich, saccharine, 

 aromatic flavor. Best. In perfection in December, and keeps till the 

 middle of January. 



