236 AUTUMN PEARS 



pale yellowish green ; stalk an inch long, stout, much 

 enlarged from the fruit ; calyx small, erect ; cavity and 

 basin small, smooth; flesh half-buttery, melting, juicy, 

 and quite sweet, perfumed good second-rate. Mid- 

 autumn. Resembles Urbaniste externally. French. 



Bon Chretien Fondante, or "Melting Bonchretien." Size 

 medium ; roundish, slightly oblong, rarely short-obovate, 

 obtuse ; surface dull green, partly russeted, numerously 

 dotted ; stalk an inch long, moderately or slightly sunk ; 

 basin small ; flesh yellowish white, core yellow and rather 

 gritty, melting, very juicy, rich, pleasant often nearly 

 first-rate, somewhat variable. Ripens about mid-autumn 

 or later. Leaves conspicuously folded and recurved. 

 Flemish. 



Boucquia. Medium or rather large ; oval-obovate ; skin 

 pale yellow and pale red, partly russeted, stalk an inch 

 and a quarter long, fleshy at insertion; calyx large, erect, 

 scarcely sunk; flesh juicy, melting, seconder third-rate. 



Buffum. Size medium; obovate, approaching oblong; skin 

 yellow, with a broad, reddish brown cheek, somewhat 

 russeted ; stalk three-fourths to an inch long, stout ; cavi- 

 ty and basin moderate or small; flesh buttery, sweet, 

 good, not quite first-rate, slightly variable. Shoots strong, 

 reddish brown, very erect ; tree very productive. Valua- 

 ble for its fair fruit, and fine bearing qualities. Early 

 mid-autumn. Origin, Rhode Island. 



Cabot. Size medium, round-turbinate, slightly irregular 

 crown full, obtuse ; stalk an inch long, set on the pointed 

 base without depression ; surface rough, russeted, bronze 

 yellow ; basin round, smooth ; flesh greenish white, break- 

 ing, somewhat melting, juicy, sub-acid, about second-rate. 

 Early mid-autumn. Tree vigorous, very productive. Ori- 

 gin, Salem, Mass. 



Commodore. Size medium ; regular obovate, or obovate- 

 pyriform, with a short narrow neck ; surface yellow, with 

 a little red, thickly dotted, and with some russet ; stalk 

 an inch and a quarter long, scarcely depressed ; calyx 

 small, reflexed; basin very shallow; flesh juicy, melting, 



