PENNSYLVANIA 



Size Above medium. 



Form Short, obovate. 



Skin Brownish russet on yellowish ground. 



Stem 1J long, roth in width, inserted in a slight depression. 



Calyx Small set in a shallow basin. 



Flesh Rather course, half melting. 



Flavor Highly perfumed. 



Maturity Beginning of September. 



Wood Young wood, reddish brown. 



Tree Vigorous, diverging. 



HISTORY, ETC. 



The Pennsylvania Pear originated some fifty or sixty years ago, in the 

 garden of the late John B. Smith, in the district of Moyamensing. The name 

 was given to it by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The original tree, 

 of large size, is still remaining on the premises in Christian Street, and is within 

 twenty or thirty feet of the Moyamensing Pear. In some parts of Ohio, another 

 Pear is cultivated under this name. 



