146 PEARS, 



Colonel Wilder. 



A new seedling raised by B. S. Fox, San Jose, California, and is said 

 to be a valuable late variety. 



Fruit medium to large, roundiili obtuse pyriform ; skin light yellow, 

 a shade of light orange red in the sun, slight nettings of russet, and 

 numerous small russet and brown dots ; stalk rather short ; cavity 

 small ; calyx small, opeu, or neaidy so ; basin rather shallow, slightly 

 plaited ; flesh whitish yellow, a little coarse around the core, juicy, 

 melting, very sweet, with a peculiar slight musky and slightly aromatic 

 flavor. December, January. 



CouRTE Queue d'Automne. 



Originated with Andre Leroy," Angers, France; tree vigorous, some- 

 what spreading, very productive. 



Fruit medium, oblate to roundish oblate, slightly elevated, surface 

 rough, uneven and irregular; skin pale whitish yellow, sometimes a 

 shade of pale red in the sun, and many russet dots ; stalk short, stout, 

 a little inclined ; cavity medium ; calyx closed ; basin broad, corrugated ; 

 flesh whitish, fine, melting, sweet, slightly vinous, and a slight cinna- 

 mon perfume. Last of September and first of Octobei-. 



Doctor Howe. 



Origin, in the garden of Dr. John J. Howe, Birmingham, Conn.; tree 

 healthy, vigorous, spreading, with numerous bi'anches of firm texture 

 and [)ersistent foliage ; very productive ; a new promising variety of its 

 season. 



Fruit medium, roundish, inclining to pyrifoi-m, slightly obtuse ; skin 

 greenish, bi;t becoming light yellow at maturity ; slightly netted and 

 patched with russet, and many russet dots ; stalk medium ; cavity small ; 

 calyx oi)en ; basin medium, a little uneven ; flesh whitish, half fine, 

 juicy, melting, with a sweet, lich, slightly vinous flavor. Bipens the last 

 half of October. 



Doctor Lindley. 



Origin unknown ; tree vigorous ; an abundant bearer of handsome, 

 high-flavored fruit. 



Fruit nearly medium, oblate pyriform, or broadly turbinate ; skin pale 

 yellow, a shade of bright red where exposed, thinly netted and traced 

 with russet, and many russet dots ; stalk rather long, inclined, set in a 

 suiall cavity, sometimes by a lip ; calyx open ; basin medium, slightly 

 plaited ; flesh whitish, fine, juicy, melting, sweet, rich and excellent, 

 ]^Jovember. 



DUHAMEL i)U MONCEAU. 



Baised by Andre Leroy, Angers, France, and dedicated to Diihamel 

 du Monceau ; tree vigorous, spreading, anxl a good bearer. 



