WINTER PEARS. 263 



fourth long, curved, with no cavity ; calyx short, erect, set 

 shallow; flesh juicy, melting, with a rich, fine flavor. 

 Early winter. English. New. 



PRINCE'S ST. GERMAIN. Size medium; obovate, obtuse; 

 surface much russeted on green, dull red to the sun ; stalk 

 an inch and a fourth long, cavity small ; calyx large, stiff, 

 slightly cut, basin smooth, shallow; flesh yellowish white, 

 juicy, melting, slightly vinous, with an agreeable and fine 

 flavor. Keeps well, ripening through winter. Origin, 

 Flushing, Long Island. 



Virgouleuse. Size medium, or rather large ; obovate, round- 

 ed at both ends; smooth, yellowish-green, dots numerous ; 

 stalk an inch long, cavity little or none; calyx small, 

 basin wide, very shallow ; flesh buttery and melting, of 

 good flavor. Early winter. A very thin bearer. Origin, 

 Virgoule, a village of France. 



This is totally distinct from the Virgalieu or White Doyenne, 

 already described, a greatly superior late autumn pear. 



WINTER NELIS. (Syn. Nelis d'Hiver, Bonne de Ma- 

 lines. J Size medium ; roundish-obovate, often slightly 

 pyriform, with a neck small and short ; surface yellowish- 

 green, much russeted; stalk an inch and a quarter long, 

 bent ; cavity narrow ; calyx stiff, short, basin shallow ; 

 flesh yellowish white, fine-grained, buttery, very melting, 

 rich, sweet, or slightly vinous, perfumed, aromatic, with 

 an excellent flavor. Perhaps the highest flavored of all 

 winter pears. Early winter. Growth slender, often 

 flexuousand straggling; leaves narrow, recurved ; petioles 

 rather long. Origin, Mechlin, in Belgium. 



Section III. Small. 



Lewis. Size, below medium ; regular obovate, rarely ob- 

 scure-pyriform ; surface yellowish green, thickly dotted 

 with dull russet ; stalk an inch and a half long, slender, 

 scarcely sunk ; calyx widely reflexed, basin little or none; 

 flesh greenish-white, melting, juicy, of fine rich flavor. 

 Core large. Early winter. Growth vigorous, branches 

 becoming drooping. Profusely productive. Origin, Rox- 

 bury, Mass. 



12 



