228 AUTUMN PEARS. 



flesh white, buttery, melting, moderately juicy, sweet, 

 often astringent, about second-rate. Hardy and produc- 

 tive. Leaves folded, recurved. Ripens about mid-au- 

 tumn. Belgian. 



tiara. Size, medium; oval-pyriform ; clear yellow, with a 

 blush, dotted red ; stalk stout ; calyx and basin small ; 

 juicy, melting, somewhat acid; second or third-rate. 

 About mid-autumn. Shoots stout, dark brown. Belgian. 



Comprette. Size, medium, or rather large ; obtuse-pyriform; 

 yellowish green, thickly dotted with brown ; stalk short, 

 stout, thickened at insertion ; basin shallow ; flesh but- 

 tery, melting, rich, good, often nearly first-rate. Middle 

 and late autumn. Belgian. 



Countess of Lunay. Size medium; obovate-pyriform, some- 

 what obconic ; skin smooth, pale waxen yellow, with a 

 thin red cheek ; stalk about an inch and a half long, set 

 without depression on the rounded point of the neck, 

 which is slightly russeted ; basin very small, even ; flesh 

 white, very juicy, melting, fine nearly or quite first-rate. 

 Mid-autumn. 



Dclices d'Hardenpont. Size medium ; obtuse-pyriform ; 

 pale yellow, dotted in the shade and russeted in the 

 sun ; stalk an inch long, obliquely set, cavity small , 

 calyx small, closed, basin plaited, uneven ; flesh buttery, 

 melting, rich. Mid-autumn. Belgian. 



Edwards' William. Medium in size, obtuse-pyriform; yel- 

 low, sunny side with red dots, flesh yellowish white, but- 

 tery and melting, good. Early autumn. Origin, New- 

 Haven. 



Figue. Medium or rather large, pyriform-pyramidal, regu- 

 lar, body rounding to the apex ; skin thin, green, partly 

 russeted at crown, often a dull red cheek, stalk an inch 

 long, stout, very fleshy at insertion, not sunk; basin none, 

 flesh rather coarse, melting, juicy, rich, high-flavored 

 Late autumn. This pear has been cultivated and proved 

 fine at Boston. There are some doubts of its identity 

 with the Figue of the London Horticultural Society. 



