Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 437 



deep contracted cavity ; Eye, medium size, partially closed, 

 and very slightly sunk in a small basin ; segments of the 

 calyx, long, slender, projecting, stiff ; Flesh, yellowish white. 



Fig. 32. RondeUt. 



fine, half melting, buttery and juicy ; Flavor, rich, sugary 

 and sprightly, with a luscious aroma ; Core, medium size ; 

 Seeds, small, roundish ovate. Ripe in October. 



148. Emerald. Hort. Soc. Cat., 3d Ed. 



The Emerald (fig. 33^ is, we believe, a Flemish pear. It 

 resembles, as Mr. Thompson has stated in the Catalogue 

 above quoted, somewhat the Glout Morceau, having the same 

 green skin and uneven surface ; it also approaches it in 

 quality. Our own trees have not yet fruited, and our de- 

 scription is made from specimens received from Mr. Manning, 

 of Salem. It is an excellent late autumn pear. 



Size, large, about three inches long, and two and a half in 

 diameter ; Form, obtuse pyramidal, irregular, with an uneven 

 surface, little resembling a Glout Morceau, largest about the 

 middle, and ridged or furrowed around the crown ; Skin, fair, 

 smooth, pale yellowish green at maturity, and dotted with 

 large russet specks, thickest around the eye ; Stem, medium 



