SAINT ANDRE' PEAR. 



Wood. — Clear reddish brown, dotted with small grayish specks, mod- 

 erately stout, and rather short-jointed ; old wood, olive brown ; buds, 

 medium size, long, rounded, rather sharply pointed, diverging, with mod- 

 erately large shoulders : Flower-buds, medium size, obovate, with rather 

 loose scales. 



Leaves. — Large, oblong obovate, broadest near the base, tapering to 

 the point, nearly flat, smooth, deep glossy green, and quite entire on 

 the edge ; petioles long, about one and a half inches in length, and 

 moderately stout. 



Flowers. — Medium size ; petals rather short, round and cupped. 



Fruit. — Large, about three inches long, and two and a lialf in diam- 

 eter : Form, obovate, full towards the crown, and tapering regularly to 

 the stem: Skin, fair, smooth, yellowish green, becoming paler when 

 mature, finely spotted or marbled with dull red on the sunny side, and 

 dotted with dark green and russet specks : Stem, medium length, about 

 one inch long, moderately stout, curved, somewhat oblique, often swollen 

 and fleshy where it adjoins the fruit : Eye, medium size, open, and little 

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

 Flesh, greenish white, fine, buttery, melting and juicy : Flavor, rich, 

 sprightly and vinous, with a peculiarly delicious aroma : Core, small : 

 Seeds, medium size, very pointed, light brown. 



Ripe in September and October, and keeps some time. 



1801 



