AITTUMN PEARS. 



949 



39. ANDREWS. Man. Ken. 



Araory. 

 Gibson. 



The Andrews is 

 a favorite native 

 seedling, found in 

 the neighbourhood 

 of Dorchester, and 

 first introduced to 

 notice by a gentle- 

 man of Boston, 

 whose name it 

 bears. It has, for 

 the last 15 years, 

 been one of the most 

 popular fruits. It 

 is of most excel- 

 lent flavour, a cer- 

 tain and regular 

 bearer, even while 

 young, and the tree, 

 which is very har- 

 dy, never suffers 

 from blight. 

 Fruit rather large, 

 pyriform,one-sided. 

 Skin smooth, and 

 rather thick, pale 

 yellowish - green, 

 with a dull red 

 cheek, and a few 

 scattered dots. 

 Stalk about an inch 

 and a quarter long, 

 curved, set in a Fig. 144. Andrews. 



very shallow, blunt depression, or often without depression. Ca- 

 lyx open, placed in a small basin. Flesh greenish- white, full 

 of juice, melting, with a fine vinous flavour. Early in Sep- 

 tember. Shoots diverging, light olive. 



40. ANANAS. Bon. Jard. 

 Poire Ananas. Nois. 



This new and delicious pear was introduced very recently 

 from France, by Col. Wilder of Boston. It is a rich flavoured 

 fruit, of the first quality, with an agreeable perfume, not how- 



