398 THE PEAR. 



obliquely inserted, without depression, or with a fleshy, enlarged 

 base. Calyx open, in a rather shallow, uneven basin. Flesh 

 greenish. white, very juicy and melting, with a rich and excel- 

 lent flavour. September and October. [This is very distinct 

 from the old Louise Bonne, a green winter fruit, of third quality.] 



140. LODGE. Ken. 



The Lodge Pear is 

 a native of Pennsylva- 

 nia, and is understood 

 to have originated near 

 Philadelphia. It is a 

 very agreeable sub- 

 acid pear, and has so 

 much of the Brown 

 Beurre character, that 

 we suspect it is a seed- 

 ling of that fine old va- 

 riety. Kenrick com- 

 pares it to the Seckel, 

 to which it has no points 

 of resemblance. 



Fruit of medium size, 

 pyriform, tapering to 

 the stem, and one-sided. 

 Skin greenish -brown, 

 the green becoming a 

 little paler at maturity, 

 arid much covered with | 

 patches of dull russet. 

 Stalk an inch and a 

 fourth long, obliquely 

 planted at the point of 

 the fruit, which is a 

 little swollen there. 

 Flesh whitish, a little 

 gritty at the core, 

 which is large ; juicy, Fig. 175. Lodge. 



and melting, with a rather rich flavour, relieved by pleasant 

 acid. September and October. 



141. MICHAUX. Man. in H. M. 

 Compte de Michaux. 



A fruit imported from the nursery of the Messrs. Baumann, 

 of Bolwyller, France, by Mr. Manning. Young wood light 

 green. It is of medium size, and nearly round. Skin light yel 



