STYER. 



Synonyms 



(Longitudinal diameter, 28 to 21 inches. 

 Size of Fruit 4 



(.Transverse diameter, 21 to 2J inches. 



Form Roundish. 



Skin Green, becoming yellow, with many russet dots and markings. 



Stem I inch long, T'S to 4 thick, inserted in a small shallow cavity. 



Calyx Almost obsolete, basin narrow, moderately deep. 



Core Medium. 



Seed Very dark brown, short, rather plump, -, 5 inch long, i 3 g wide, i 2 s thick, slight 



prominence or angle on one side of the blunt extremity. 

 Flesh Yellowish white, granular, somewhat gritty at the core, buttery and 



melting. 



Flavor Exceedingly rich, and highly perfumed. 

 Quality" Best." 



Maturity Beginning of September. 

 Leaf- Oval, recurved, If inches wide, 4i long, including petiole, which is li 



inches long by A thick, and at its junction with the branch, J. 

 Wood Young shoots, brownish yellow ; old, grey. 



HISTORY, ETC. 



The Styer is believed to be a native of Pennsylvania. My attention was 

 directed to this variety by Alexander W. Corson, Esq., to whom I am indebted for 

 specimens of the fruit, and for the subjoined information in regard to its history. 



About twenty years ago, Mr. Charles Styer, of Whitplain Township, Mont- 

 gomery County, some fifteen miles from Philadelphia, engaged a man to make a 

 fence for him, Mr. Styer happened at the time to say something about having 

 some pear stocks grafted ; on hearing which, the fence-maker said he knew where 

 there was a fine kind, and would bring him some of the scions. He accordingly 

 procured the scions, and they were inserted ; but it was never known where he 

 obtained them, and he died without imparting this information. From these 

 grafted trees the variety has been propagated to some extent in that neighborhood. 



The Styer is represented to be an abundant bearer of fair and perfect fruit, 

 which commands a high price in the market. 



Specimens of the fruit were exhibited at the meeting of the American 

 Pomological Society at Philadelphia in September, 1852, and after a careful 

 examination, the quality was decided by the Committee on Native Fruits, to be 

 " best," 



