MANNING'S ELIZABETH PEAR. 



and it generally retains this color, even at maturity. It is a most pro- 

 fuse bearer, being literally loaded with pears : it succeeds well upon the 

 quince, and comes into bearing early. 



Tree. — Vigorous, upright, with rather spreading branches, horizontal 

 at first, but which turn upward with a gentle curve ; annual shoots, 

 long and moderately stout. 



Wood. — Deep reddish brown, dotted with a few grayish specks, mod- 

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

 medium size, ovate, bluntly pointed, diverging : Flower-buds, medium size. 



Leaves. — Medium size, ovate, tapering to the point, yellowish green, 

 wavy, and entire at the edge ; petioles, medium length, about one and 

 a half inches long, moderately stout. 



Flowers. — ^Medium size ; petals, roundish ; clusters, compact. 



Fruit. — Small, about two inches long, and two in diameter : Form, 

 obovate, very full around the crown, tapering to, and ending obtusely at, 

 the stem : Skin, fair, little rough, rich lemon yellow, brilliantly suffused 

 with crimson on the sunny side, through which appears deeper 

 colored specks, becoming paler in the shade, the end next the crown 

 often covered with thick russet: Stem, medium length, about three 

 quarters of an inch long, rather slender, and slightly inserted in a shal- 

 low cavity : Eye, small, open, and little sunk in an open, shallow basin ; 

 segments of the calyx, short: Flesh, yellowish, coarse, melting and 

 juicy : Flavor, sugary, rich, and pleasantly perfumed : Core, large : 

 Seeds, rather large, brown. 



Ripe from the middle to the last of August. 



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