216 SUMMER PEARS. 



Hessel. (Syn. Hazel.) Rather small, obovate, yellowish 

 green, thickly dotted ; stalk one inch long, oblique ; calyx 

 small ; basin shallow ; flesh whitish, juicy, pleasant. Late 

 summer and early autumn. Shoots spreading. 



Little Musk. (Syn. Petit Muscat, Little Muscat, Primitive.) 

 Quite small, turbinate ; dull greenish yellow ; stalk three- 

 fourths to an inch and a half long, little sunk ; calyx open, 

 basin little or none ; flesh breaking, sweet, very slightly 

 musky, second-rate. Rather better in quality than Amire 

 Joannet, but smaller and a week later, ripening with the 

 Madeleine. Very productive. 



Manning's Elizabeth. Small, obovate, obscurely pyriform, 

 smooth ; surface yellow, with a lively blush ; stalk "one 

 inch long, cavity round, shallow; flesh very melting, 

 saccharine, sprightly, perfumed. End of summer. Bel- 

 gian. 



Muscat Robert. (Syn. Musk Robine, Early Queen, D'Am- 

 bre.) Small, turbinate, greenish yellow ; stalk three- 

 fourths of an inch long, surface at insertion uneven, but 

 not sunk ; calyx large, basin little or none ; flesh tender, 

 juicy, pleasant. Ripens with the Madeleine. 



Ott. Small, roundish, turbinate ; greenish yellow, russeted 

 in part, rarely a mottled red cheek ; stalk an inch and a 

 fourth long, cavity small ; calyx rather large, basin shal- 

 low; flesh melting, rich, perfumed, aromatic, closely re- 

 sembling that of its parent the Seckel. Ripens quite 

 early, or by the first or middle of 8 mo. (Aug.) Origin, 

 Montgomery Co., Pa. New. 



SUMMER DOYENNE. (Syn. Doyenne d'Et'>.) Small ; round- 

 obovate, slightly turbinate ; stalk an inch or an inch and 

 a fourth long, rather stout, slightly oblique, not sunk ; ba- 

 sin very shallow ; skin a fine yellow, with a warm cheek 

 brightly reddened at the crown ; and with radiating stripes 

 of greenish yellow from the calyx ; flesh melting, juicy, 

 sweet, with a pleasant but not hi^h flavor. Skin thin ; 

 core small ; seeds small, white. Ripens with the Made- 

 leine, and nearly equal to it in quality. Tree bears very 

 young. Shoots slender, reddish brown. New. 



