OTT. 



Synonyms Ott's Seedling. 



(Longitudinal diameter, 2 to 2i inches. 

 Size of Fruit Rather small. -< 



( Transverse diameter, II to 2J inches. 



In 1859 this Pear was grown at Grovehill, measuring 21 by 2J inches. 

 Form Roundish, obovate, sometimes inclining to turbinate, and usually flattened 



at the crown. 

 Skin Greenish yellow, considerably russeted, often stained and marbled with red 



on the exposed side, especially towards the crown. 

 Stem Cinnamon color, li inches long, i thick, usually curved, and inserted with 



little or no depression. 



Calyx Rather large, segments reflexed, set in a shallow basin. 

 Core Small. 

 Seed Black, T 5 e inch long, t 3 e wide, J thick, with a prominent point or angle on 



the inner side of the blunt end. 



Flesh Whitish yellow, somewhat granular, buttery, melting. 

 Flavor Rich and saccharine, with an aroma very similar to that of its parent, 



the Seckel. 

 Quality "Best," 

 Period of Maturity August. 

 Leaf- Flat, li to 2i inches wide, 3 to 4J long, including the petiole, which is 



from ft to 2 inches long, by TS thick. 

 Wood Young shoots, olive old wood, ferruginous. 

 Growth Rather vigorous. 



HISTORY, ETC. 



The Ott is a native of Pennsylvania. It originated with the late Mr. 

 Samuel Ott, of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, from a seed of the 

 Seckel planted in 1836. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society awarded to this 

 variety the premium offered for the best Seedling Pear exhibited in 1848, and 

 gave to it its present name. It is not surpassed in quality by any summer pear 

 we have. The first description of the Ott was published in the third volume of 

 the Horticulturist. 



