302 THE PEAR. 



125. GENDESHEIM. Thomp. Lind. 



A Flemish pear, which has but lately come into bearing, but 

 promises well. 



Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, a little irregular. Skin pale 

 greenish-yellow, much dotted with gray, and marked with a 

 little russet. Stalk an inch long, obliquely planted, in a slight 

 cavity, which is sometimes swollen. Calyx small, set in a nar- 

 row, irregular depression. Flesh rather gritty near the core, 

 elsewhere buttery, rich and excellent. October and November. 



126. GREEN PEAR OF YAIR. Thomp. 

 Green Yair. 



The green pear of Yair is an European fruit, which proves 

 but little worthy of cultivation here. It bears ? )undantly. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate ; skin green ; lesh very juicy, 

 but not high flavoured or rich. September. 



127. GREAT CITRON OF BOHEMIA. Man. in H. M. 

 Citronenbirne BSmische grosse, punctirte. Baum, Cat. 



This pear was imported some years ago, by Mr. Manning, 

 from the nursery of the brothers Baumann of Bolwyller, on the 

 Rhine. It has not yet fruited with us, or any where, that we can 

 learn, except in Mr. M.'s garden. We therefore give his notes, 

 with the remark that its merits will soon be fully tested here. 

 Young shoots very stout, dark gray. 



" Fruit large, oblong, yellow, spotted and tinged with red on 

 the side of the sun ; stem one inch long ; flesh sugary, juicy, 

 and very fine." The specimen we tasted was a little coarse 

 grained. Ripens the last of September. 



128. HARVARD. Man. Ken. 



Boston Eparne. 

 Cambridge Sugar Pear. 



The Harvard is one of the best and most profitable orchard 

 pears, to plant in quantity for market purposes. It produces 

 enormous crops of fine looking fruit, which is of fair quality, 

 and commands the best prices. The tree is remarkably hardy 

 and vigorous, its upright .shoots forming a fine head. It origi- 

 nated at Cambridge, Mass., the seat of Harvard University. 



Fruit rather large, oblong-pyriform. Skin russety olive-yel- 

 low, with a brownish red cheek. Stalk rather stout, inserted 

 rather obliquely on the narrow summit or in a small cavity. 

 Calyx set in a narrow basin. Flesh white, tender, juicy and 



