TYSON PEAR. 



yellowish brown ; buds medium size, round, tapeiing to a point, diverging, 

 with rather prominent shoulders : Flower-buds medium size, obovate. 



Leaves. — Medium size, ovate, tapering to each end, deep glossy 

 green, httle waved on the margin, and finely and regularly serrated; 

 petioles medium length, moderately stout. 



Floavees. — Small ; petals oblong, cupped, with a rather long claw. 



Fruit. — Medium size, about two and a half inches long, and two 

 inches in diameter : Form, p}Tamidal, but rather variable, sometimes of 

 a calabash form, rounded at the crown, and regularly tapering into the 

 stem : Skin, fair, nearly smooth, dull yellow, brightly shaded with red 

 on the sunny side, somewhat russeted, and irregulai'ly covered with 

 black specks : Stem, long, about one and a half inches, moderately 

 stout, curved, and obliquely attached to the fruit by a fleshy junction, 

 often much swollen on one side : Eye, medium size, open, and slightly 

 sunk in a round, very shallow, basin ; segments of the calyx short : 

 Flesh, white, fine, melting, and very juicy : Flavor, rich, very sugary, 

 and delicious, with a high, aromatic perfume, to which we are at a loss 

 to give a nauie : Core, small : Seeds, small, plump, brown. 



Ripe the last of August and beginning of September. 



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