436 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



nearly covered with pale cinnamon russet, somewhat bronzed 

 with red on the sunny side ; Stem, rather short, little more 

 than half an inch long, stout, and obliquely inserted on the 

 obtuse end, without any cavity ; Eye, medium size, open, 

 and slightly depressed in a shallow basin ; segments of the 

 calyx, medium length, refiexed ; Flesh, greenish white, melt- 

 ing and juicy ; Flavor, rich, vinous and sprightly, with a 

 fine aroma ; Core, medium size ; Seeds, very long and sharply 

 pointed. Ripe in October and November. 



147. RoNDELET. Hort. Soc. Cat., 3d Ed., 1842. 



Among the many large and fine varieties of pears which 

 have so recently been added to our collections, the smaller 

 and less showy ones, though equally meritorious, seem to 

 attract but little attention ; even the delicious Seckel is spar- 

 ingly planted on account of its inferior appearance, and such 

 sorts as the Bartlett, Swan's Orange, Doyenne Boussock, are 

 duplicated in preference to an extended list of smaller kinds. 

 That such should be the case when the object is to produce 

 fruit for the market, was naturally to be expected ; but that 

 the amateur cultivator should dispense with some of the 

 most luscious sorts, because of small size, is more surprising. 

 Undoubtedly, after the passion for large sorts is somewhat 

 satiated, the smaller ones will find their place in the gardens 

 of all who apprecidte the finer fruits. 



Among this class of pears the Rondelet (fig. 32^ holds a 

 high rank, deserving to be placed with the Seckel. Its form 

 is peculiar, being remarkably oblate, resembling the Summer 

 Rose, but even flatter than that variety. The tree is an 

 upright and thrifty grower, and bears abundantly. Of its 

 success upon the quince we have no experience. 



Size, medium, about two and a half inches in diameter, 

 and two inches deep ; Form, oblate, with a slightly uneven 

 surface, much flattened at each end ; Skin, fair, smooth, 

 green, becoming deep yellow when mature, faintly tinged 

 with blush on the sunny side, and thickly dotted with russet^ 

 intermixed with a few greenish specks ; Stem, medium 

 length, about one inch long, slender, and inserted in a rather 



