346 Descinptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



broad at the base ; wood strong, light brown, inclined to 

 green, and speckled with fine light-colored dots ; leaves large, 

 oval, pointed, nearly flat, and serrated on the margin ; petioles 

 long. In Marietta, it ripens from the middle of July to the 

 last of Angust, — best when ripening on the tree, but very good 

 if gathered when hard and ripened in the house. 



Size^ medium, about two and a quarter inches long, and 

 two and three quarters in diameter : Form., round, largest at 

 the crown, and slightly depressed at each end : Skiii, fair, 

 smooth, pale yellow when mature, deeply shaded with light 

 red in the sun, and thickly covered with small russet specks : 

 Stem, medium length, about three quarters of an inch long, 

 rather slender, curved, and deeply sunk in a rather large, 

 open cavity : Eye, medium size, open, and very slightly de- 

 pressed ; segments of the calyx short, pointed : Flesh, white, 

 slightly coarse, melting and juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, and 

 perfumed : Core, large, somewhat gritty : Seeds, large. Ripe 

 in August and September. 



112. Stevens's Genesee. Am. 07'chardist, 4th Ed., 1842. 



Guernsey, Pom. Manual, Vol. I, p. 145. 



Genesee, Ken. Am. Orchardisl, 1st Ed. 



Stevens' Genesee, London Hort. Soc. Cat., 3d Ed., 1842. 



Stephens's Genesee, of some. 



For the earliest account of this excellent American pear, 

 {fig. 32,) we are indebted to Mr. W. R. Prince, of Flushing, 

 L. I., who briefly described it in his Pomological Ma7iual, 

 published in 1S31, under the name of the Guernsey pear, in 

 honor of J. K. Guernsey, of Monroe County, N. Y., who sent 

 him scions for propagation ; subsequently, however, to the 

 publication of that volume, and before the index was put to 

 press, Mr. Prince inserted the name of Stevens's Genesee, 

 with a note, that, " in future, that name would be adopted, 

 Mr. Guernsey having informed him that it was raised from 

 seed by Mr. Stevens, and that it ought to bear his name." 



It is somewhat remarkable, that a pear possessing so many 

 fine qualities should have been so briefly noticed by pomolog- 

 ical writers. We could find no correct account of its origin 

 in any of our treatises on fruits, and we are indebted to the 

 Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society for 



