488 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



add another which has proved to be of nearly equal merit. 

 There are others of his seedlings which are said to be excel- 

 lent, but these are all we have found worthy of cultivation 

 among the kinds which v/e have had the opportunity of try- 

 ing. 



The Henrietta, {fig. 42,) is a medium sized and pretty 

 pear, and the tree is hardy, vigorous, and very productive. 

 It also ripens the last of August and early in September, be- 

 fore Williams's Bon Chretien and other larger varieties are in 

 eating. 



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

 and a quarter in diameter: Form, obovate, inclining to oval, 

 tapering towards each end, and rather obtuse at the stem : 

 Skin, fair, smooth, dull yellow, thickly covered with large 

 crimson dots on the sunny side, and slightly russeted at the 

 base of the stem : Stem, medium length, about one mch long, 

 moderately stout, smooth, curved, and inserted little on one 

 side in a shallow cavity : Eye, medium size, closed, and rather 

 deeply inserted in an abruptly depressed and furrowed basin ; 

 segments of the calyx slender, projecting : Flesh, white, rather 

 coarse, melting, and juicy : Flavor, rich, saccharine, and 

 pleasantly perfumed : Core, large : Seeds, medium size, ob- 

 tuse, very dark. Ripe the last of August and beginning of 

 September. 



83. Lee's Seedling. 



This is the name we have given to a very good pear, {fig. 

 43,) sent to us by J. C. Lee, Esq., of Salem, in whose garden 

 it originated a few years since. Three yeais asio, when it 

 came into bearing, Mr. Lee informs us, it did not appear to 

 possess much merit, but, last season, it was a great deal bet- 

 ter, and, the present year, we found the specimens sent to us 

 to be exceedingly good, sufTiciently so to merit a place in a 

 large collection of pears. It possesses somewhat the appear- 

 ance of the Seckel, having a russety skin, and a brownish 

 red cheek, and it has much of the spicy aroma which gives 

 the Seckel its high character. If the flesh was more melting, 

 it would rank among our best pears. 



Size, medium, about two and a half inches long, and two 



