AUTUMN PEARS. 221 



Dix. Large, long pyriform, body round-ovate, tapering 

 slightly to the often oblique and slightly flattened and ob- 

 tuse crown; yellowish green, becoming deep yellow; dots 

 numerous, distinct ; stalk an inch and a quarter long, stout 

 at each end, slightly sunk, basin small ; flesh rather granu- 

 lar, rich, juicy, sweet, often excellent, sometimes rather 

 acid. One of the most valuable autumn pears. Middle and 

 late autumn. A tardy bearer. Shoots yellow, rather slen- 

 der, often thorny ; leaves flat. A native of Boston, Mass. 



Duchesse d'Angouleme. Very large, very obtuse pyriform, 

 sometimes oblong-obovate, surface very uneven, greenish 

 yellow, often some russet ; stalk an inch to an inch and 

 a half long, very stoat, cavity deep, often wide ; calyx 

 small, basin uneven ; flesh yellowish white, rather coarse, 

 melting, buttery, juicy, sometimes fine, often poor usu- 

 ally nearly first-rate, or good second-rate, on quince stocks ; 

 worthless on pear stocks. Ripens mid-autumn, and later. 

 French. 



DUCHESSE D'ORLEANS. Large, often only medium; sometimes 

 long-pyriform, but usually obovate-pyriform, somewhat 

 obconic ; skin golden yellow, slightly russeted, sometimes 

 nearly overspread with russet, with a red cheek ; stalk 

 thick, about an inch and a half long, scarcely sunk ; basin 

 small, even ; flesh butteiy and melting, rich ; when well 

 ripened, delicious. Ripens mid-autumn. A very hand- 

 some, fine, new, French variety. Growth rather spread- 

 ing, shoots yellowish. Fig. 206. 



Frederick of Wurtemburg, (Syn. Frederic de Wurtem- 

 burg.) Large, short pyriform, neck narrow, very acute, 

 crown broad, body oblate; surface whitish yellow, rarely 

 deep yellow, often a handsome red cheek, more or less 

 russeted ; stalk an inch to an inch and a half long, some- 

 times very fleshy, often not ; basin wide, very shallow ; 

 flesh, when well ripened, very melting, buttery, juicy, 

 sometimes delicious, often poor, varying from first to 

 below third-rate. Needs house-ripening. Early and mid 

 autumn. Shoots yellowish brown, thick. Belgian. 



Gendesheim. Large, often only medium, obtuse-pyriform, 

 rather irregular, small specimens obovate, approaching 



