Summer Obovate, etc. 255 



early pears, it is best if house-ripened. Origin, Long Islanc, N. 

 Y. Fig. 301. 



DEARBORN'S SEEDLING. Scarcely medium in size, obovate or Buf- 

 fum-shaped, regular, smooth ; surface clear yellow, with minute 

 specks ; stalk an inch long, sunk little or none ; basin very shal- 

 low ; flesh very fine grained, juicy, melting, and of fine flavor. 

 Ripens nearly with the Bloodgood, or middle of August. Shoots 

 straight, long, dark brown. Tree bears when young. Fig. 297. 



Edward^s Henrietta. Size, a little below medium ; obovate, crown 

 flattened ; stalk set on the rounded point of the neck ; skin 

 smooth, pale yellowish green, dots few ; stalk an inch and a half 

 long, cavity small or none ; calyx closed, basin shallow, faintly 

 plaited ; melting, juicy, sub-acid, with a good second-rate flavor. 

 Very productive. Late summer. Origin, New Haven, Conn. 



Limon. (Hagerston.) Size medium ; obovate, sometimes slightly 

 pyriform ; light yellow, with a reddish brown blush ; stalk an inch 

 and a half long ; cavity round, even, shallow ; calyx slightly 

 sunk ; flesh buttery, melting, of fine texture, with a mild, sweet 

 flavor slightly perfumed. Late summer. Shoots long, slender, 

 reddish brown. Belgian. 



MANNING'S ELIZABETH. Small, obovate, Seckel-form, smooth ; 

 surface yellow, v/ith a lively blush ; stalk one inch long, cavity 

 round, shallow ; flesh very melting, saccharine, sprightly, per- 

 fumed, excellent. End of summer. Shoots diverging, dark red- 

 dish brown, serratures of the leaves very slight. Belgian. 



Moyamensing. Medium or large, sometimes quite large, .variable ; 

 round-obovate, rather irregular ; skin lemon yellow, sometimes 

 marked with russet ; stalk nearly an inch long, fleshy ; basin fur- 

 rowed ; flesh buttery, melting, good, but not first-rate. Ripens 

 from midsummer till autumn, quickly decays. Productive. 

 < Origin, Philadelphia. 



Muscadine. Size medium ; short obovate, regular, sometimes 

 slightly oblique ; surface a little rough, yellowish green, thickly 

 dotted ; stalk an inch, and a fourth long, rather stout, cavity very 

 small, even ; basin rather wide, shallow ; flesh buttery, melting, a 

 little coarse, rather rich, slightly musky, faintly astringent, mode- 

 rately good. Late summer, and early in autumn. Shoots rather 

 thick. 



OSBAND'S SUMMER. (Summer Virgalieu, erroneo^tsly.} Medium in 

 size, often rather small, obovate, regular, smooth and even 

 (Doyenne'-shaped) ; sometimes remotely pyriform; greenish yel- 

 low becoming yellow, with a reddish brown cheek, often faintly 

 russeted ; stalk three-fourths to one inch long, slightly sunk in a 

 nearly even cavity ; calyx erecl:, in a round, nearly even, or 

 slightly wrinkled basin ; flesh white, granular, with a sweet, mild, 

 and fine flavor; soon loses its flavor when mature. Ripens 



