544 THE PEAR. 



In some sections it fruits sparingly in large blocks unless another 

 variety is intermingled. Wonderfully popular with growers and 

 canners, but consumers are finding that it generally lacks flavor. 

 Beautiful to look at but insipid. Fig. 731. 



Lewis. Size below medium, regular obovate, rarely obscure pyri- 

 form ; surface yellowish-green, thickly dotted with dull russet; 

 stalk an inch and a half long, slender, scarcely sunk ; calyx widely 

 reflexed, basin little or none ; flesh greenish-white, melting, juicy, 

 of fine, rich flavor. Core large. Early winter. Growth vigor- 

 ous, branches becoming drooping. Profusely productive. Ori- 

 gin, Roxbury, Mass. 



Prince Germain. Size medium, obovate, obtuse; surface much 

 russeted on green, dull red to the sun ; stalk an inch and a fourth 

 long, cavity small : calyx large, stiff, slightly cut, basin smooth, 

 shallow; flesh yellowish-white, juicy, melting, slightly vinous, 

 with an agreeable and fine flavor. Keeps well, ripening through 

 winter. Origin, Flushing, L. J. 



Vicomte de Spoelberch. (De Spoelberg, Delices Van Mons.) 

 Medium or rather large, obovate, somewhat conic; skin slightly 

 rough, yellow, with a purplish blotched cheek to the sun. very 

 slightly russeted; stalk an inch and a fourth long, stout, curved, 

 basin round, shallow ; calyx erect, short ; flesh buttery, melting, 

 rich, fine. Needs high cultivation to develop its fine qualities. 

 Early winter. Belgian. 



Zephirin Gregpire. Medium, turbinate, Bloodgood-shaped . light 

 green becoming yellow, reddened next to the sun ; stalk one inch 

 long, fleshy at base ; basin narrow ; flesh white, buttery, melting. 

 fine-grained, excellent, perfumed. November to February. 



CLASS III. ROUNDISH OR OBLATE. 



Cross. Medium in size, roundish; surface yellow, often with a red 

 cheek, and some russet ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, very 

 thick, set shallow ; calyx small, rather deeply sunk ; flesh melting, 

 juicy, with a rich, high, fine flavor. Early winter. Shoots rather 

 slender, a poor grower of little value. Massachusetts. 



Josephine de Malines.* Size medium, conic-oblate ; yellowish with 

 small dots ; stalk very long, cavity slight, basin large ; flesh of a 

 light salmon color toward the centre, buttery, of a sweet and 

 peculiar flavor. The tree forms a handsome pyramid on quince. 

 This is one of the best early winter pears, often keeping till mid- 

 winter and later. Belgian. Fig. 729. 



Sieulle. (Beurre Sieulle, Doyenne Sieulle.) Medium in size, 

 roundish-oblate, often roundish-obovate, with a very short, obscure 

 neck, obtuse; skin pale yellow, with a slight blush, and some- 

 times a brilliant broad orange cheek ; stalk thick, an inch and a 

 quarter long; cavity shallow, rarely deep; calyx slightly sunk; 

 flesh buttery, fine-grained, rich, of good, often of excellent qual- 

 ity. Ripens late in autumn, and keeps to midwinter. Variable, 

 uncertain. Fig. 730. 



