254 



Pears. 



Fig. 312. Skinless. 



Fig- 3I3- Tyson. 



ing, juicy ; flavor nearly sweet, aromatic, slightly perfumed, excel- 

 lent. Ripens the last two weeks of summer. Shoots quite dark 

 brown, erect, vigorous. The tree does not come soon into bear- 

 ing. Penn. 



CLASS II. OBSCURE PYRIFORM, OBOVATE OR TURBINATE. 



BLOODGOOD. Size medium ; turbinate, approaching obovate, base 

 contracted abruptly to the stalk ; yellow, touched with russet ; 

 stalk fleshy at insertion, an inch and a fourth long, set on the 

 rounded base without depression ; calyx scarcely sunk ; flesh yel- 

 lowish white, buttery and melting, with a fine, rich, aromatic 

 flavor. Sometimes rots at the core. On some soils the flavor 

 becomes poor and insipid. Ripens middle of August. Like all 



