

THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 235 



1890. The American Pomological Society added the variety to its fruit- 

 list in 1909. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, rapid-growing, very productive; trunk thick; 

 branches reddish-brown, nearly covered with thin, gray scarf-skin, marked with numerous 

 lenticels; branchlets short, with internodes variable in length, light greenish-brown, dull, 

 glabrous except near the ends of the new growth, sprinkled with numerous small, 

 conspicuous, raised lenticels. 



Leaf-buds very small, short, pointed, appressed. Leaves 2| in. long, ij in. wide, 

 thick, leathery; apex taper-pointed; margin tipped with few minute glands, finely or coarsely 

 serrate; petiole ij in. long, glabrous, slender, tinged with red; stipules very small when 

 present. Flower-buds small, short, conical, sharply pointed, plump, free, singly on very 

 short spurs; flowers showy, i in. across, in dense clusters, 8 or 10 buds in a cluster; pedicels 

 ij in. long, slightly pubescent. 



Fruit ripe late September to October; medium in size, 2^ in. long, 2 1 in. wide, obovate- 

 acute-pyriform, symmetrical; stem f in. long, thick; cavity very shallow and obtuse or 

 lacking, the flesh folded up around the base of the stem and often lipped; calyx open, large; 

 lobes narrow, acute; basin shallow, narrow, obtuse, smooth or gently furrowed, symmetrical; 

 skin thin, tender, smooth, glossy; color pale golden-yellow, blushed on the exposed cheek 

 with solid bright red, becoming almost crimson in highly colored specimens; dots numerous, 

 small, russet, obscure; flesh yellowish-white or dull white, fine-grained near the skin, gran- 

 ular at the center, tender and melting, buttery, very juicy, characteristically spicy and 

 aromatic; quality very good. Core closed, axile, with meeting core-lines; calyx-tube 

 conical; carpels ovate; seeds wide, plump, obtuse. 



