278 Pears. 



orange yellow at maturity ; stalk nearly an inch long, fleshy at 

 base, not sunk ; basin shallow, smooth ; flesh buttery, high 

 flavored, perfumed, very good. Middle of autumn, sometimes 

 continuing quite late, Belgian. 



Lyon. Size medium, Doyenne-shaped, skin yellow, thick, smooth, 

 with a blush, finely dotted, russeted about the stalk ; stalk scarcely 

 sunk ; calyx nearly closed ; basin small ; flesh coarse, a little gritty 

 at core, vinous, very good. Resembles Buffum in tree and pro- 

 ductiveness, but less dry and two weeks earlier. Newport, R. I. 

 (Hov. Mag.) 



Moore's. (Moore's Pound, Hosenshenck.) Large, obovate or nearly 

 round, skin smooth, green, becoming rich yellow, with a slight 

 blush, thinly and minutely dotted ; stalk short, not sunk; basin 

 small, wrinkled ; flesh juicy, melting, rich, vinous. Ripens in 

 Sept., and keeps well. Tree vigorous, productive. 



Omer Pacha. Medium, turbinate, smaller specimens roundish-tur- 

 binate ; skin green, partly russeted around the stalk ; juicy, but- 

 tery, vinous. First of Sept. 



Oswego Beitrre. Size medium, obtuse oval-obovate, regular ; sur- 

 face yellowish green, with some thin russet ; stalk three-fourths 

 of an inch long, stout, deep set ; calyx small, erec~t, or closed, 

 basin smooth ; flesh melting, juicy, with a fine, sprightly vinous 

 flavor at first, becoming nearly sweet. Ripens from mid-autumn 

 till winter, often cracks badly. Tree vigorous, hardy, very pro- 

 ductive. Origin, Oswego, N. Y. 



Petrt. Medium size, obovate, s*ometimes slightly obovate-pyriform 

 or truncate-conic, base or stalk end wide or obtuse ; surface pale 

 yellow, often slightly russeted, with a reddish brown cheek ; stalk 

 about an inch long, rather stout, cavity obtuse at bottom ; basin 

 small, smooth ; flesh fine grained, sometimes slightly gritty, but- 

 tery, melting, rich, sweet, perfumed, often excellent variable in 

 quality from first to second rate. Ripens at mid-autumn. Growth 

 moderate, shoots rather slender, yellowish. 



Philadelphia. Large, roundish-obovate, broad, remotely approach- 

 ing Die! form ; skin yellow, thickly dotted, sometimes partly rus- 

 seted ; stalk stout, cavity abrupt ; basin broad, uneven ; flesh 

 coarse, buttery, melting, with a very good flavor, slightly per- 

 fumed. Sept. 



Raymond. Medium, obovate or Doyenne-shaped ; skin yellow, 

 stalk an inch long, scarcely sunk ; basin shallow ; flesh buttery, 

 melting, excellent. Sept. Maine. 



SECKEL. Small, obovate, sometimes obscurely conic-pyriform, regu- 

 lar ; skin brownish green, becoming rich yellowish brown, with a 

 deep brownish-red cheek ; stalk one-half to three-fourths of an 

 inch long, cavity and basin small ; flesh very fine grained, sweet, 



