HENKEL PEAR. 



Wood. — Clear olive, dotted with large grayish specks, rather long- 

 jointed, stout ; old wood, grayish olive ; buds, large, ovate, pointed, 

 nearly erect, with prominent shoulders : Flower-buds, medium size. 



Leaves, — Medium size, oblong ovate, narrowing to each end, thin, 

 dark green, slightly recurved on the mid-rib, folded inwards on the sides 

 and shghtly and obtusely serrated ; petioles very long, from two to two 

 and a half inches in length, stout. 



Flo WEES. — Medium size ; petals roundish, cupped. 



Feuit. — Large, about three inches long, and three and a quarter in 

 diameter: Form, obovate, slightly uneven on the surface, broad at the 

 crown, and obtuse at the stem : Skin, fair, smooth, lemon yellow, more 

 or less covered with small patches of russet, interspersed with dull 

 green specks and dotted with russet : Stem, very long, about two inches 

 in length, stout, usually having two bud-like prominences on each side, 

 curved, and slightly inserted in a small contracted cavity : Eye, medium 

 size, open, and slightly sunk in a very shallow, uneven basin ; segments 

 of the calyx short and round : Flesh, yellowish white, rather coarse, 

 melting, and exceedingly juicy : Flavor, rich, sprightly, vinous, perfumed 

 and dehcious : Core, medium size : Seeds, large, broad and deep brown. 



Ripe in September, and keeps two or three weeks. 



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