226 AUTUMN PEARS. 



the shade, deep red in the sun ; flesh melting, of good 

 flavor. Ripens late autumn. Tree vigorous. New. 



URBANISTE. (Syn. Beurr6 Piquery.) Rather large, ob- 

 conic-pyriform, obtuse and short, often approaching obo- 

 vate ; skin pale yellow or greenish, faintly russeted ; stalk 

 an inch long, stout, moderately and sometimes conside- 

 rably sunk ; calyx erect or closed ; basin distinct, even ; 

 flesh melting, buttery, with a fine, delicious perfumed fla- 

 vor, and a perceptible shade of acid. In unfavorable 

 localities, it is sometimes hardly first-rate. Middle and 

 late autumn. Does not come soon into bearing. Flemish. 



VAN MONS LEON LE CLERC. Large, long pyriform, or 

 rather oblong-obconic pyriform, obtuse ; surface yellowish 

 green, slightly russeted ; stalk an inch and a fourth long, 

 stout, little sunk ; calyx small, basin very shallow; flesh 

 fine-grained, yellowish white, buttery, melting, rich, fine 

 Ripens middle and late autumn. A native of Laval, IR 

 France. The value of this fine new pear is diminished 

 by its liability to crack and canker. Fig. 215. 



Section II. Medium in size. 



Amande Double. Size medium, pyriform; skin yellow and 

 bright red ; stalk short, fleshy at insertion ; flesh coarse, 

 sweet, tender, second or third-rate, rarely good. Early 

 autumn. Belgian. 



ANDREWS. (Syn. Amory, Gibson.) Medium or rather 

 large, distinct pyriform, somewhat obconic, often slightly 

 one-sided ; skin thick, dull yellowish-green, with a broad, 

 dull red cheek ; stalk about an inch long, curved, scarcely 

 sunk ; basin shallow, sometimes deep ; flesh greenish, 

 very juicy, melting, of a fine, pleasant, agreeable flavor. 

 On some localities not first-rate. Ripens early in autumn. 

 Very productive and fair. Shoots diverging. Origin, 

 Dorchester, Mass. 



Angleterre. (Syn. English Beurre, of Lind., Beurr d'An- 

 gleterre.) Medium size, obconic-pyriform, acute, regular 

 skin thick, dull light green, thickly dotted with russet 

 with a thin brownish russet cheek ; stalk about an inch 



