374 THE PEAR. 



ish-yellow, sprinkled with small gray dots, and occasionally 

 a dull red cheek. Stalk an inch long, planted in an 

 abrupt cavity. Calyx rather small, set in a basin of mode- 

 rate size. Flesh white, fine grained, buttery, melting, and 

 abounding in a sweet, sprightly, perfumed juice, of fine flavour. 

 A hardy and capital variety for all soils. Middle of September. 



89. CAPSHEAF. Man. Ken. 



This is believed, by the eastern cultivators, to be a native of 

 Rhode Island. It is a very agreeable fruit, not first rate, but 

 from its great hardiness, and steady habit of bearing, is well 

 worthy of the attention of pear growers. Young shoots stout, 

 upright, yellowish-brown. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish-obovate. Skin deep yellow, 

 nearly covered with cinnamon russet. Stalk an inch long, 

 stout, inserted in a shallow hollow. Calyx small ; basin 

 slightly sunk. Flesh white, juicy, and melting, very sweet 

 and pleasant, but lacking a high flavour. October. 



90. CALEBASSE. Thomp. Lind. 



Calebasse Double Extra. 

 Calebasse d'Hollande. 

 Beurre de Payence. 



The Calebasse is a very grotesque-looking Belgian fruit, 

 named from its likeness to a calabash, or gourd. It is a good 

 deal esteemed, especially by curious amateurs, being a crisp, 

 sweet, juicy pear, of second quality, and producing good crops. 



Fruit of medium size, oblong, a little crooked, and irregular or 

 knobby in its outline. Skin rough, dull yellow, .becoming 

 orange russet on the sunny side. Stalk about an inch and a 

 half long, curved, and planted on the side of a knobby projection. 

 Calyx very short, set in a small basin. Flesh juicy, crisp, a 

 linle coarse-grained, but sugary and pleasant. Middle of Sep- 

 tember. 



This is the Calebasse Bosc of the Jardin Fruitier, but incor- 

 rectly. [See Beurre Bosc.] The CALEBASSE GROSSE, [Mon- 

 strous Calabash, etc.] of Van Mons, is a prodigiously large, 

 pyramidal fruit, 5 or 6 inches long, in the shape of a conical 

 gourd. Skin smooth and shining, yellowish green, with a good 

 deal of reddish gray in the sun. Stalk short and stout, about an 

 inch long. Calyx rather small, but with large divisions. Flesh 

 white, a little coarse, juicy, half melting, sugary and tolerably 

 good. October. (The grafts sent out for this kind, by Van 

 Mons, proved incorrect.) 



