SEC K EL PEAR. 



Tree. — Vigorous, upright, erect, compact in its habit, and forming a 

 regular-shaped and fine head ; annual shoots very short, stout, and blunt 

 at the ends. 



Wood. — Dark brownish olive, dotted with minute grayish specks, 

 short-jointed ; old wood, grayish olive ; buds, small, short, broad, erect, 

 and flattened : Flower-buds, medium size, bluntly ovate. 



Leaves. — Medium size, ovate, nearly flat, smooth, thick, dark green, 

 finely and rather sharply serrated ; petioles, rather short, about one inch 

 in length, moderately stout. 



Flowers. — Small, disposed in compact clusters; petals, tinged with 

 rose, obovate, cupped. 



Fruit. — Small to medium, about two and a half inches long, and 

 two and a quarter in diameter : Form, roundish obovate, largest in the 

 middle, naiTowing to each end, with a small crown, and somewhat obtuse 

 at the stem : Skin, nearly smooth, of a clear light golden russet when 

 mature, with a ruddy cheek on the sunny side, and rather thickly dotted 

 with small grayish specks : Stem, short, about half an inch long, mode- 

 rately stout, and inserted in a very small contracted cavity, highest on 

 one side : Eye, partially closed, and set nearly even with the surface ; 

 segments-of the calyx, short, stifi", incurved, projecting: Flesh, yellow- 

 ish white, fine, melting, and exceedingly juicy : Flavor, sugary, rich, 

 and luscious, with a peculiar, spicy, aromatic perfume : Core, medium 

 size : Seeds, small, broadly ovate. 



Ripe in September, and keeps three or four weeks. 



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