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exhibited in 1845. Fruit of medium size, roundish-obtuse-pyriform, slightly angular; 

 skin smooth, pale lemon-yellow, profusely sprinkled with very small, pale russet dots and 

 a few grayish-russet patches; flesh white, somewhat coarse, melting, very juicy, slightly 

 subacid, with a vinous flavor; Oct. 

 Elizabeth Maury. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2nd App., 147. 1876. 



A chance seedling on the ground of Reuben Maury, Charlottesville, Va. Fruit small, 

 oblate, slightly elevated, pale greenish-yellow, sometimes with a shade of brown in the 

 sun, with many greenish dots; flesh whitish, semi-fine, tender, juicy, melting, sweet, slightly 

 vinous; Aug. 

 Ellis. 1. Mag. Hort. 30:370, fig. 13. 1864. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 755, fig. 1869. 



Raised from seed of Seckel in 1843 by Annie E. Ellis, New Bedford, Mass. Tree 

 vigorous, hardy, prolific. Fruit large, oblong-obovate-pyriform, truncate, slightly uneven, 

 greenish-yellow, patched and mottled with russet, sprinkled with many russet dots; stem 

 rather long, rather stout, set in a small cavity; calyx large, open; basin uneven, slight; 

 flesh whitish, juicy, melting, sweet, slightly vinous, aromatic; very good; Sept. and Oct. 

 Ellis (New York). 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 756. 1869. 



Downing says that there is another pear under the name of " Ellis " grown in western 

 New York, entirely distinct from Ellis. The fruit is described as medium, acute-pyriform, 

 greenish- yellow, shaded with crimson-red in sun, with very small brown dots; flesh white, 

 juicy, melting, vinous, often astringent, disposed to rot at the core; good; Aug. and Sept. 

 Emerald. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 756. 1869. 



Belgian. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, pale green, with pale brownish-red next the 

 sun and covered with russety dots; flesh white, melting, buttery, richly flavored, subacid, 

 vinous; good; Nov. and Dec. 



Smile d'Heyst. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:131, fig. 1869. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 

 173 1920. 



A seedling raised by Major Esperen, Mechlin, Bel., which fruited in 1847. Fruit 

 medium and often larger, ovate, rather long, irregular, generally with sides unequal, bossed, 

 bronzed, dotted with fine specks; flesh greenish, fine and dense, melting, scented, free 

 from grit; juice very abundant, refreshing, sugary, slightly acid but very agreeably 

 perfumed; first; Oct. 

 Enfant Nantais. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 210. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 92. 1895. 



Originated by M. Grousset of Nantes, Fr. Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit 

 large, conic, gray; flesh fine, buttery, juicy, aromatic but very slightly tart; Oct. 

 Enfant Prodigue. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 385. 1845. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:133, 

 fig. 1869. 



pear breeding, but Governor Edwards made a start in work which Manning, Wilder and a score of others 

 were to carry forward with more striking results. Out of many seedlings, at least five were named and 

 were grown for a longer or shorter time by the pear-growers of a century ago. These are Elizabeth, Cal- 

 houn, Dallas, Henrietta and Citron, all described among the minor varieties of this text. While hardly 

 to be considered among the foremost pomologists of the country, Governor Edwards is in the front rank 

 of the lesser men whose combined work has done so much to give weight and impulse to American 

 pomology. 



