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Described in 1869 by Downing (i) as a new variety from Deer Park, 

 Long Island. Fruit medium, yellowish- white ; flesh subacid; season August 

 and September. 



This variety is unknown to us and we have received no report concerning 

 it from any of our correspondents. 



SUMMER BELLFLOWER. 



REFERENCES, i. Horticulturist, 3:168. 1848. fig. 2. Thomas, 1849:143. 

 3. Cole, 1849:104. 4. Waring, 1851:31. 5. Elliott, 1854:159. 6. Downing, 

 1857:196. 7. Warder, 1867:733. 8. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1875:14. 



SYNONYMS. SUMMER BELLEFLEUR (i, 8). Summer Belle-fleur (5). SUM- 

 MER BELLFLOWER (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). Summer Bell-flower (r). 



This fruit bears considerable resemblance in form and color to Yellow 

 Bellflower. Flesh tender, subacid, good. It is in season from the middle 

 of August to the middle of September. The tree is erect, of medium size, a 

 good grower, hardy and a good cropper. It is not considered a satisfactory 

 variety for commercial planting and so far as we can learn is gradually be- 

 coming obsolete in New York. Downing described it in 1848 as a new vari- 

 ety of promise and stated that it was raised by John R. Comstock of Wash- 

 ington, Dutchess county, N. Y., from seed of the Esopus Spitzenburg (i, 6). 

 It was entered on the list of the American Pomological Society in 1875 as 

 a variety of value for Nebraska (8). It was dropped from that list in 1897. 



A distinct variety of Pennsylvania origin has also been known under the 

 name Summer Bellflower (6, 7). 



SUMMER PEARMAIN. 



REFERENCES, i. M'Mahon, Amer. Card. Cal, 1806:585. 2. Coxe, 1817: 

 104. fig. 3. Cobbett, 1821 :par. 300. 4. Thacher, 1822:138. 5. Buel, N. Y. 

 Bd. Agr. Mem., 1826:476. 6. Fessenden, 1828:129. 7. Kenrick, 1832:25. 

 8. Mag. Hort., 1:398. 1835. 9- Manning, 1838:47. 10. Ib., Mag. Hort., 7: 

 49. 1841. ii. Downing, 1845:70. 12. Horticulturist, 2:544. 1848. 13. 

 Thomas, 1849:136. fig. 14. Cole, 1849:103. 15. Phcenix, Horticulturist, 

 4:472. 1850. 16. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:11. 1851. fig. 17. Barry, 

 1851:279. 18. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1852.. 19. Elliott, 1854:64. fig. 20. 

 Hooper, 1857:12, 106, 108. 21. Gregg, 1857:35. 22. Warder, 1867:582. fig. 

 23. Downing, 1869:78. fig. 24. Fitz, 1872:143, 160. 25. Hogg, 1884:7. 

 26. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:298. 27. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:234. 

 28. Ib., 1892:250. 29. Budd-Hansen, 1903:182. fig. 



SYNONYMS. AMERICAN PEARMAIN (19). American Pear-main (20). 

 American Summer (26). AMERICAN SUMMER PEARMAIN (7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 

 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27). American Summer Pcarmain (19, 29). 

 EARLY SUMMER PEARMAIN (2, 5, 6). Early Summer Pear-main (7, 11, 14, 16, 

 19, 23, 25, of Coxe 13). SUMMER PEARMAIN (i, 3, 4, 9, 10, 15, 18, 26, 28, 29). 

 Summer Pearmain (14). Watkins Early (19,20). 



