SUMMER PEARS. 213 



ture. Ripens early in 8 mo. (Aug.) Shoots yellowish 

 olive, thick. Origin, Wayne Co., N. Y. Fig. 16-5. 



ROSTIEZER. Rather small, sometimes medium in size; 

 obconic-pyriform, approaching obovate, regular; skin dull 

 brownish green, with a dark, dull, reddish brown cheek 

 to the sun, with whitish specks, and traces of thin russet; 

 stalk an inch and a half to two inches long, slender, 

 scarcely sunk; basin little or none ; flesh juicy, melting, 

 sweet, with a very high, perfumed flavor, of high excel- 

 lence. Ripens late in summer. For rich flavor, it has 

 scarcely an equal among summer pears. Shoots dark. 



Sugar of Hoyersworda. (Syn. Sucree de Hoyerswerda.) 

 Size, medium; obovate, approaching short pyriform ; 

 smooth, pale yellowish green ; stalk an inch and a fourth 

 long, scarcely sunk; basin small; flesh white, juicy, 

 sweet, second-rate. End of summer. Needs house- 

 ripening. Profusely productive. Shoots long, olive brown, 

 leaves narrow. 



Sugar Top. {Syn. July Pear, Prince's Sugar.) Size me 

 dium, roundish-obconic, turbinate, regular ; skin yellow, 

 with light green specks, rarely a very faint brownish 

 blush ; stalk stout, fleshy at insertion, an inch and a half 

 long; basin small; flesh sweet, tender, rather breaking, 

 becoming mealy, third rate in flavor. Very productive. 

 Ripens about midsummer, a few days after the Made- 

 leine. 



SUMMER FRANKREAL. (Syn. Franc Ral d'Ete.) Size me- 

 dium, short-obovate, slightly pyriform, with a very short 

 obtuse neck, body slightly conical, or tapering to the 

 crown ; green, becoming pale yellowish green, often a 

 faint yellowish brown blush ; stalk three-fourths of an 

 inch long, thick, slightly sunk ; calyx closed, basin fur- 

 rowed ; flesh white, fine-grained, buttery, melting, rich, 

 and fine. Late summer and early autumn. Shoots and 

 leaves rather downy, leaves large. Fig. 159. 



Summer St. Germain. Medium size, obovate; pale green; 

 stalk an inch and a quarter long, oblique ; basin very 

 shallow or none; flesh tender, juicy, sweet faintly acid, 



