368 SELECT VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



rich soil, and valued as a baking or cooking pear, and for 

 confectionary purposes. 



Columbia* Origin New York. Large, obovatc ; pale 

 green in autumn, becoming golden yellow at maturity, 

 with deep orange cheek in sun exposure ; flesh juicy, 

 sweet, aromatic. Early Winter. Tree an upright, hand- 

 some grower, and a good bearer. Fruit liable to be 

 blown off, needs watching. 



Dana 9 S Hovey, Origin Massachusetts. Small, obovate, 

 pyriform; pale yellow, netted and patched with russet; 

 flesh yellowish, melting, juicy, rich, sugary, aromatic. 

 Early Winter. Tree a healthy, vigorous grower, hardy, 

 and productive ; a high-flavored, delicious pear for the 

 garden ; too small for profitable market growing, though 

 it commands high prices where known, like the Seckel. 



Doyenntf d'Alen^on (DOYEXNE D'HIVER, D'ALEX^OX, 



etc.). Medium, roundish, slightly pyriform ; yellow, 

 shaded in sun with dark crimson, considerable russet ; 

 flesh granular, buttery, juicy, sugary, sprightly, per- 

 fumed. Middle to late Winter, often keeping until 

 spring. Tree moderately vigorous and productive; a 

 valuable pear, like the Easter Beurre, though not in same 

 degree ; needs high culture and thinning of the fruit to 

 bring it to perfection ; tree more hardy than Easter 

 Beurre. 



GlOllt Morceau. Flemish origin. Kather large, often 

 very large, varying in form, usually short, pyriform; 

 greenish yellow, with patches and dots of greenish brown ; 

 flesh white, fine-grained, buttery, melting, rich, sugary. 

 Early Winter. Tree is of a roundish, spreading habit, 

 very healthy and hardy, not an early bearer, but when 

 mature produces an abundant crop, regular and uniform. 

 It is distinct in wood and foliage from other varieties, and 

 forms one of the handsomest of pyramids on quince roots. 

 In localities where the pear blight prevails it seems pecu- 



