WINTER PEARS. 



Beurr6 flavor good second-rate, approaching first-rate. 

 Early-winter. New. Somwhat resembles Passe Colmar. 



Haddington. Medium or rather large, ohovate-pyriform, 

 greenish yellow, with small distinct russet dots. Some- 

 times a faint brown cheek ; stalk three-fourths to an inch 

 long, slender, cavity small ; calyx small, basin shallow ; 

 flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, with a second-rate flavor 

 sometimes quite poor. Keeps through winter. Phila- 

 delphia. 



Leon le Clerc. Medium or rather large obovate, crown 

 swollen, narrow towards the stalk ; skin yellow, russety 

 at ends ; stalk an inch and a fourth long, fleshy at in- 

 sertion ; calyx large, many-cut, little sunk ; flesh crisp, 

 firm, of second or third-rate quality. 



This is totally distinct from the celebrated Van Mons Lon 

 le Clerc, a large, fine autumn pear already described. 

 The Leon le Clerc here described was raised by Van 

 Mons, and is hence sometimes called Van Mons' Leon le 

 Clerc ; the other variety, immeasurably superior, was 

 raised by Leon le Clerc, and named the Van Mons Leon 

 le Clerc. Confusion has arisen from this slight distinc- 

 tion. 



Locke. (Syn. Locke's Beurre.) Medium in size, round- 

 obovate, obscurely pyriform, regular; surface yellowish 

 green, often a little russet; stalk an inch long, scarcely 

 sunk ; calyx small, closed, basin shallow ; flesh greenish- 

 white, melting, juicy, second-rate. Late autumn and 

 early winter. Origin, West Cambridge, Mass. 



McLaughlin. Medium in size, turbinate, remotely pyri- 

 form ; nearly the whole surface russeted, with a warm red 

 cheek ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, fleshy at in- 

 sertion, cavity little or none ; basin rather abrupt, very 

 small and narrow; flesh buttery, rather sweet, or very 

 slightly acid, rich, perfumed. Early winter. Saco 

 Maine. 



Moccas. Medium in size, obovate or irregular turbinate , 

 surface pale green, or yellowish-green, with a brown 

 cheek, and russet dots and streaks ; stalk an inch and a 



