PEARS. 



Egerie. 



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A chance seedling in the grounds of M. Tavenier de Boullongue ai 

 Angers, France. Tree moderately vigorous, rather upi'ight, a good 

 bearer. 



Fruit medium, roundish pyriform, slightly obtuse ; skin pale yellow, 

 partially netted and patched with russet, and many russet dots ; stalk 

 rather long, slightly curved ; cavity small ; calyx open ; basin medium, 

 regular, russet; llesh white, half tine, juicy, half melting, sweet, 

 slightly villous ; good to very good. October. 



Eliot's Early. 



A new early pear, raised by Charles Eliot, of Windsor, Ontario. 

 Specimens received from James Dougall, who writes that the tree is 

 very hardy, a strong, vigorous grower, an early bearer, vei-y productive, 

 and ripens a week or more before the Madeline. 



Fruit small pyriform, regular ; skin pale greenish yellow, brownish 

 red when exposed to the sun ; stalk long, slender, curved ; cavity small, 

 russeted ; calyx closed or partially open ; basin small', slightly plaited ; 

 flesh whitish, half fine, juicy, melting, sweet, slight perfume ; good to 

 very good. July. 



Indian Queen. 



Eaised by Henry McLaughlin, Bangor, Me., who wi-ites that the 

 tree is perfectly hardy, a vigorous gi-ower, productive, and a good mar- 

 ket variety, although not of the best quality. 



Fruit rather large, long pyriform, somewhat acute, surface a little 

 uneven ; skin pale yellow, often shaded with light red where exposed to 

 the svm, slight nettings of russet, and many russet and brown dots ; 

 stalk of medium length, rather stout, set in a slight depression ; calyx 

 open ; basin medium, uneven ; flesh whitish yellow, a little coarse, 

 modei-ately juicy, half melting, sweet, but not rich. September. 



Jacques Chamaret. 



A seedling of the late Leon Leclerc, at Laval, France. Tree strong, 

 vigorous, erect, moderately productive ; young shoots light reddish 

 brown. 



Fruit medivim, roundish, inclining to acute pp-iform ; skin pale yel- 

 low, sometimes thinly shaded and marbled with light red in the sun ; 

 stalk rather long, curved, a little swollen at its insertion, sometimes by 

 a lip ; calyx open ; basin shallow, uneven ; flesh whitish, fine, jxiicy, 

 half melting, sweet, slightly vinous ; good to very good. October. 



Josephine de Binche. 



Eaised at Binche, Belgium, from seed of Josephine de Malines 

 Tree very vigorous and very productive, branches smooth, of a yellow- 

 ish browTi, ■with grayish dots. 



Fniit medium, roundish obtuse pyriform; skin smooth, clear yellow, 

 uettod witli brown and russet ; stalk of medium length, small, inserted 



