AUTUMN PEARS. 241 



russeted round the stalk; dots small, distinct; stalk an 

 inch and a quarter long, slightly sunk ; calyx small, erect, 

 basin shallow ; flesh fine-grained, very buttery, melting, 

 moderately rich sometimes a very obscure acid astrin- 

 gency. Ripens the first of autumn, and immediately fol- 

 lows the Bartlett. Its fair fruit, and productiveness, ren- 

 der it a very valuable pear, although, like the Flemish 

 Beauty, it is not of the highest flavor. Grows well on the 

 quince. A native of Bilboa, Spain. Fig. 172. 



GRAY DOYENNE. (Syn. Doyenne Gris, Gray Butter 

 Pear, Red Doyenne, Doyenne Rouge, St. Michael Dore.) 

 Size medium, obovate, often approaching turbinate ; whole 

 surface a handsome smooth cinnamon russet ; stalk half 

 to three-fourths of an inch long, cavity quite narrow ; 

 calyx small, closed.; flesh with a very fine texture, very 

 buttery, melting, rich, perfumed, delicious, excellent. 

 Middle of autumn to winter. Shoots yellowish or gray- 

 ish bro\vn, ascending. Fails on some localities. 175. 



Green Yair. (Syn. Green pear of Yair.) Medium size, 

 obovate,, green, juicy, third-rate. Early autumn. 



HEATHCOT. (Syn. Gore's Heathcot) Medium size; obo- 

 vate, regular, base obtuse ; surface greenish yellow, part- 

 ly overspread with thin russet ; stalk an inch long rather 

 .stout, cavity moderate or small; calyx partly closed, 

 basin small ; flesh fine-grained, buttery, with a rich, per- 

 fumed, and excellent flavor sometimes hardly first-rate. 

 Early mid-autumn. Shoots upright, reddish brown. Very 

 productive and profitable. Origin, Waltham, Mass. 



HenkeL Medium or rather large v , round- obovate, remotely 

 pyriform, with a very short neck ; obtuse ; surface yel- 

 low, often a clear pale yellow, sometimes partly russeted ; 

 stalk an inch and a half long, slightly sunk ; basin small, 

 even; flesh yellowish white, buttery, melting, juicy, 

 sprightly, fine, sometimes only second-rate. Belgian. 



Hericart. Size medium, obovate, remotely pyriform, often 

 irregular, greenish yellow, with numerous canfluent dots ; 

 stalk an inch and a quarter long, slightly sunk ; basin 

 email ; flesh melting, buttery, not rich, second or third 

 rate. First of autumn. Belgian. 



