224 AUTUMN PEARS. 



half-buttery, dry, third-rate or worthless. Showy. Mid- 

 autumn. 



Marie Louise. Large pyriform, a little one-sided, or with a 

 curved axis ; body somewhat conical ; surface pale green, 

 becoming yellowish, partly russeted ; stalk an inch and a 

 half long, rather stout, often oblique ; calyx small, basin 

 narrow, plaited ; flesh buttery, melting, vinous, when 

 well grown rich and fine, offen second or third rate, 

 variable. Needs rich cultivation or else the fruit will be 

 poor. Mid-autumn. Growth very flexuous and strag- 

 gling, shoots olive gray, petioles very long, leaves nar- 

 row. Belgian. 



Marie Louise Nova. Rather large ; regular pyriform, neck 

 acute, tapering ; skin smooth, yellow, with a bro\vnish 

 red cheek ; stalk one to two inches long, rather slender ; 

 basin shallow; melting, juicy, quickly decays, sometimes 

 good, often poor. Early mid-autumn. Belgian. 



Neill. Large, obovate-pyriform, axis slightly curved, neck 

 acute, stalk an inch long; skin pale yellow, with traces of 

 thin russet; flesh white, buttery sweet. Shoots diverging. 

 Belgian. 



ONONDAGA OR SWAN'S ORANGE. Quite large, obtuse oval- 

 pyriform, nearly in the form of a double cone, neck very 

 short and obtuse, body large and tapering to obtuse apex ; 

 skin roughi^h, greenish yellow, becoming rich yellow, 

 dots numerous, often a slight brown cheek, crown often 

 slightly russeted ; stalk an inch to an inch and a half 

 long, stout, slightly sunk ; calyx small, closed, basin nar- 

 row, ribbed ; flesh slightly coarse, buttery, melting, some- 

 times a little breaking, juicy, rich, high-flavored, fine, but 

 not of the highest quality. Ripens rnid-autumn. Growth 

 vigorous, shoots yellow, ascending. Productive. Origin 

 unknown ; cultivated in western New- York. Nearly re- 

 sembles the Ronville in outline. 



PARADISE D'AUTOMNE, or ".Autumn Paradise."- 

 Rather large, distinct pyriform ; surface uneven, yellowish 

 orange, with some thin russet patches; stalk an inch and 

 a half long, not sunk ; basin small, irregular; flesh melt- 



