96 BOOK OF FRUITS. 



it is very large, flat and round at the crown, 

 diminishing rapidly to the stalk, which is an 

 inch in length, obliquely inserted ; the skin of 

 a light green, nearly yellow when ripe ; the 

 flesh hard and suitable for baking from No- 

 vember till April ; -very productive. 



No. 80. Black Pear of Worcester. 

 Fruit large, oblong ; skin rough, covered 

 with dull russet ; the flesh hard and coarse, 

 suitable for baking during the winter and 

 spring ; it produces abundantly ; the branches 

 of the tree, when loaded with fruit, bend to 

 the ground like the weeping willow. 



No. 81. Pound Pear. 

 This is one of the largest pears ; its origin 

 unknown, but supposed to be European ; the 

 form oblong ; some of the pears are thickest in 

 the middle, tapering to the crown and stem ; 

 the flesh coarse and astringent. It is a great 

 bearer, and the best winter baking pear, being 

 one of the most profitable fruits for the mar- 

 ket. The extensive cultivation of Nos. 79, 

 80, and 81, in large orchards, would produce 

 greater and surer income, for the capital em- 

 ployed, than any other investment. 



