Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 249 



contracted cavity, with a swollen lip or projection on one 

 side : Eye, medium size, closed, and rather deeply sunk in 

 a large, round, smooth basin ; segments of the calyx broad, 

 fleshy, and partially reflexed : Flesh, white, fine, very melt- 

 ing, buttery and juicy : Flavor, rich, sprightly, vinous, and 

 delicious, with most agreeable and high perfume : Core, small, 

 very close : Seeds, remarkably small, and very dark. Ripens 

 in October, and will keep from four to six weeks. 



We have only to remark that a figure of it will appear 

 in an early number of the Fruits of America, from a beauti- 

 ful painting by our artist, Mr. Sharp. 



68. Dallas. Mag. of Hort. Vol. XI. p. 251. 



In our volume for 1845, (XI. p. 251), a brief account of 

 several of Ex-Gov. Edwards's seedling pears appeared from 



Fig. 20. Dallas. 



his own pen, and, in our last volume, (XII. p. 441), we fig- 

 ured and described what we thought to be one of the best of 



