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very juicy, melting, buttery, the richest and highest flavored pear 

 known. Although of slow growth and small size, like the Green 

 Gage among plums, it is regarded as the standard of excellence. 

 Its high musky perfume is not, however, agreeable to all. Early 

 mid-autumn. Shoots stout, short, ascending, tree very hardy. 

 Needs rich cultivation. Origin, near Philadelphia, and succeeds 

 well throughout the Northern, Middle, and Western States, and is 

 remarkably free from the blight. 



Serrurier. (Fondante de Millot.) Medium, conic-obovate, obtuse, 

 yellow, thickly dotted, slightly russeted ; stalk rather short ; cavity 

 small, basin shallow ; flesh slightly granular, juicy, melting, brisk, 

 vinous. Sept., O6t. 



Shepard. (Shepard's Seedling.) Medium or large, obovate, rib- 

 bed towards the crown, yellow, slightly russeted, thickly dotted ; 

 stalk an inch long, slightly sunk ; calyx ere<5t, basin ribbed ; flesh 

 very melting and buttery, of a fine, agreeable flavor. Early 061. 

 Dorchester, Mass. 



St. Andre. Size medium, obovate-turbinate, crown blunted ; skin 

 greenish yellow, slightly dotted red, stalk an inch long, fleshy at 

 insertion ; basin shallow ; flesh greenish white, fine grained, but- 

 tery and melting, perfumed, excellent. Sept. Bark cracks. 



Sterling. Medium or rather large, roundish-obovate, sometimes 

 obscurely pyriform, light yellow, often with a little russet, and a 

 red cheek ; stalk long and stout, inserted in a slight cavity by a 

 fleshy ring ; basin shallow, uneven ; flesh rather coarse, juicy, 

 half melting, good. First of Sept. The strong upright growth 

 and productiveness of the tree, and the handsome appearance of 

 the fruit, render the Sterling a market variety, although not stand- 

 ing very high in quality. Origin, Livingston co., N. Y. 



Surpasse Virgalieu. Medium obovate, sometimes roundish-obo- 

 vate ; pale yellow, dots few, minute ; sometimes faintly reddened 

 to the sun ; stalk medium, cavity moderate, oblique ; basin small ; 

 flesh white, fine grained, buttery, melting, high flavored, excellent. 



Tea. Medium, roundish-obovate, approaching pyriform ; yellow, 

 numerously dotted ; stalk rather stout, cavity small, calyx half 

 closed ; basin shallow ; flesh white, juicy, melting, vinous, very 

 good. First of Sept. Milford, Conn. 



Thompson's. Medium in size, obovate, slightly pyriform, yellow, 

 slightly russeted ; stalk an inch long, or less, stout ; calyx stiff, 

 scarcely cut ; buttery, melting, and fine flavored. Late autumn. 



Van Assche. (Van Assene.) Rather large, broad, obovate, slightly 

 angular ; crown obtuse, sides rounded ; skin fair, smooth, dull yel- 

 low ; stalk an inch and a quarter long, slender, curved, moderately 

 sunk ; calyx closed ; flesh white, rather coarse, buttery, melting, 



