230 AUTUMN PEARS. 



bly good ; second-rate. Early autumn. Overbears. Bel- 

 gian. 



Pitt's Prolific. (Syn. Pitt's Surpasse Marie.) Medium size, 

 oblong-pyriform, rather acute ; yellow, with a broad 

 brownish-red cheek ; stalk curved, fleshy at base ; flesh 

 juicy, hard, coarse ; third-rate. English. 



Pope's Quaker. Size medium, oblong-pyriform, with smooth 

 yellow russet, juicy, melting, pleasant ; second or third 

 rate. Mid-autumn. Long Island, N. Y. 



Queen Caroline. (Syn. Re ine Caroline.) Medium in size, 

 narrow-pyriform, greenish becoming yellow, with a red- 

 dish cheek; stalk an inch long, curved, sunk little or 

 none ; flesh white, crisp, dry ; third-rate. Late autumn. 



St. Ghislain. Size medium ; pyriform, neck narrow, acute, 

 tapering ; surface pale yellow, sometimes a faint blush ; 

 stalk an inch and a half long, curved with fleshy rings at 

 insertion ; basin very shallow ; flesh white, buttery, juicy, 

 with a fine flavor. Growth upright, vigorous, shoots light 

 brown. Somewhat variable in quality, from first to 

 second-rate. Belgian. Early autumn. 



Styrian. Medium or rather large ; obconic-pyriform ; sur- 

 face warm deep yellow, sometimes a bright red cheek 

 with russet streaks or patches ; stalk an inch and a half 

 long, slender, often fleshy at insertion ; basin small, ir- 

 regular ; flesh slightly granular, crisp, often juicy and 

 melting, second-rate, often nearly first-rate in flavor. A 

 profuse bearer. Ripens mid-autumn. English. 



Sullivan. Medium in size, oblong-pyriform, neck acute, ta- 

 pering ; greenish yellow ; stalk an inch and a half long, 

 stout ; flesh juicy, melting, second-rate. Early autumn. 

 Belgian. 



Bilboa and Washington pears, of next class, approach this 

 class in outline. 



Section III. Small. 



Yat. Rather small, pyriform-turbinate, slightly com- 

 pressed ; densely russeted ; stalk an inch long, slender. 



