578 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



1823. Tree a very late yet regular and productive bearer. Fruit medium, roundish- 

 oval to turbinate, whitish, splotched with yellowish-green, covered with numerous fine 

 russet dots; calyx large, open, star-shaped; stem medium, rather stout, set in a small cavity 

 as though stuck into the fruit; flesh greenish-white, granular, slightly firm, juicy, sweet; 

 last of Sept. and Oct. 

 Weltz. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 52. 1871. 



A seedling introduced by Leo Weltz, Wilmington, Ohio. Fruit large, oblong-obovate- 

 pyriform, good for cooking only. 

 Wendell, i. Mag. Hort. 16:460. 1850. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 879. 1869. 



The name given, in honor of H. Wendell, Albany, N. Y., to one of Van Mons' seedlings 

 which fruited in the Pomological Garden at Salem previous to 1850. Tree moderately 

 vigorous, upright, productive. Fruit rather small to medium, roundish-pyriform, yellow, 

 having a somewhat russety skin, tinged with red on the sunny side, sprinkled with dots; 

 calyx small, partially open; stem short, stout; flesh whitish, fine-grained, juicy, melting, 

 buttery, sweet, pleasant; good; Sept. 

 Wesner. i. N. J. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 32. 1886. 



A pear from W. D. Wesner, Prairiesville, Ark., which is said to be a very productive 

 early variety and one that may be valuable for shipping. 

 Westcott. i. Mag. Hort. 13:515- 1847. 2. Mag. Hort. 17:261, fig. 30. 1851. 



Trescott. 3. Horticulturist 2:241, 287. 1847. 



The Westcott, or Wescott, and the Trescott are the same. Through a typographical 

 error in the description of Westcott, later corrected, the name Trescott first appeared. 

 Westcott originated on the farm of Niles Westcott in Cranston, R. I., previous to 1847. 

 Tree vigorous, an early bearer, productive. Fruit medium, roundish-obovate, occasionally 

 slightly flattened laterally, greenish-yellow becoming a light orange-yellow, covered with 

 numerous minute russet dots and with many conspicuous specks of the same color; calyx 

 medium, open, set in a shallow basin; stem very long, rather slender, curved, inserted 

 by a fleshy nob in a shallow cavity; flesh whitish, rather coarse, melting, juicy, sweet, 

 agreeable; good; last of Sept. and early Oct. 

 Westphalische Melonenbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:116. 1856. 



First reported from Westphalia and Thuringia, Ger., about 1803. Tree very pro- 

 ductive. Fruit oblong-obovate, pale green becoming pale yellow; dots grayish; skin 

 thick; calyx open; stem rather short; flesh yellowish, deliciously melon-flavored; Jan. 

 and Feb. 

 Westrumb. i. Liebel Syst. Anleit. 132. 1825. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:754, fig. 1869. 



Raised by Van Mons about 1825. Tree very productive. Fruit medium, turbinate, 

 greenish-yellow, overcast with bronze and netted with gray; heavily dotted; stem very 

 short, thick, continuous with the fruit; flesh very juicy, of a very savory perfume; of 

 highest quality; Sept. 

 Wetmore. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 879. 1869. 



Raised by E. B. Wetmore; Westmoreland, N. Y. Tree upright, vigorous. Fruit 

 small, roundish-oval, pale yellow, with nettings and patches of russet, and thickly sprinkled 

 with russet dots; stem long, slender, set in a small cavity, sometimes by a lip; calyx open; 



