348 Descriptions of Select Vaj^ieties of Pears. 



that region. During our visit to Western New York last au- 

 tumn, we saw some very beautiful specimens of the fruit at 

 Rochester, and, through the kindness of our friends, brought 

 home several, from one of \vhich our drawing was made. 

 Its only fault is that of occasionally rotting at the core: it 

 should be gathered rather early, and ripened in the house. 



The tree is moderately vigorous in its growth, of a rather 

 diverging habit, with dark grayish wood. At Rochester, it 

 often ripens the last of August, about the time of the Wil- 

 liams's Bon Chretien, but in New England, its period of 

 maturity is September. 



Size, large, about two and three quarters inches broad, and 

 two and three quarters in diameter : Form^ roundish obovate, 

 somewhat of the shape of the Doyenne blanc, but rounder, 

 and fuller at the base, and broader at the crown : *S'A-m, fair, 

 smooth, of a pale yellow when mature, considerably covered 

 with small russet specks : Stem^ medium length, about one 

 inch long, rather stout, thick at the base, and inserted in a 

 rather shallow, one-sided cavity : Eye, medium size, open, 

 and little sunk in a broad shallow basin ; segments of the 

 calyx short, stiff, projecting : Fleshy white, fine, melting and 

 juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, perfumed, and delicious : Core, 

 medium size : Seeds, ?. Ripe in September. 



113. Gustine's Summer. 



This new pear, {fg. 33,) of which we have already given 

 a brief account, (p. 106,) was sent to us by J. M. Earle, Esq. 

 of Worcester, president of the Worcester County Horticultu- 

 ral Society, and, so far as we could judge from a single speci- 

 men, it appears to be worthy of cultivation among our limited 

 number of early pears. Not having fruited it ourselves, we 

 requested Mr Earle, who has a fine collection of the best 

 pears, to give us some account of its origin, and general 

 qualities, and the following is his reply : — 



Friend Hovey, — Thy letter is at hand. I did not fruit 

 Gustine's Summer pear till last year, and then had but eight 

 or ten specimens. I do not recollect about the one sent thee, 

 only that it was one of two or three of the last of them, and 

 I thought it was hardly a fair specimen. I think they will 



