AUTUMN PEARS. 403 



seen here, so strongly resemble Beurre" Bosc, as to lead us to 

 suspect its identity. The following description is from a fruit 

 of the present autumn. 



Fruit large, pyriform, tapering into the stalk, which it joins 

 by a fleshy base. Skin dull yellow, russeted, a good deal like 

 the Brown Beurre. Calyx quite small, open, stiff, set in a shal- 

 low basin. Stalk an inch and a half long, curved. Flesh 

 white, fine grained, buttery, with a high, rich flavour. Last of 

 September. 



149. PETRE. 







An American pear, of the highest excellence. The original 

 tree is growing in that interesting place, the old Bartrarn Bo- 

 tanic Garden, near Philadelphia. Col. Carr, the proprietor, 

 who has disseminated this tree, informs us that in 1735, a seed 

 was received by the elder John Bartram, from Lord Petre, of 

 London, as being the seed of a fine butter pear. Twenty-five 



years after, ripe 

 fruit was returned 

 him from this seed- 

 ling called the 

 Petre pear which 

 he pronounced su- 

 periour to that of 

 the original tree. 



The tree is not 

 a rapid grower, 

 but produces very 

 regular and abun- 

 dant crops. The 

 fruit has much of 

 the quality of a 

 fine Doyenne with 

 a higher perfume. 

 Young wood slen- 

 der, yellowish- 

 brown. 



Fruit of medium 

 size, or rather 

 large, obovate. 

 Skin very thin, 

 pale yellow, (some* 

 times marked with 

 greenish russet, 

 and sprinkled with 

 russet about the 

 Fig. 178. Fetrt. eye.) Stalk stiff 



