HOWELL PEAR, 



Tree. — Vigorous, upright, but spreading in habit, with the annual 

 shoots curved, of medium length. 



Wood. — Brownish olive, dotted with grayish specks, stout and short- 

 jointed ; old wood, grayish brown ; buds, medium size, roundish, short, 

 erect, with large prominent shoulders : Flower-buds, medium size, obo- 

 vate, with brownish scales. 



Leaves. — Medium size, ovate, broadest near the base, shortly pointed, 

 bright green, glossy, finely nerved, wavy, and very finely serrated ; 

 petioles, rather long, nearly two inches in length, rather slender. 



Flowers. — Medium size ; petals, small, roundish, cupped. 



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

 eter : Form, obovate, inclining to pyramidal, regular, rather full and 

 broad at the crown, and tapering to the stem : Skin, fair, smooth, lemon 

 yellow when mature, with a shght tinge of blush on the sunny side, and 

 regularly covered with brownish russet specks : Stem, medium length, 

 about an inch long, moderately stout, curved, and inserted without any 

 depression : Eye, rather large, open, and little sunk in a very broad, 

 smooth basin ; segments of the calyx, rather long and partially reflexed : 

 Flesh, white, shghtly coarse, melting, and juicy : Flavor, rich, brisk, 

 and vinous, with a pleasant perfume : Core, medium size : Seeds, rather 

 large, long and pointed. 



Ripe the last of September and beginning of October, and keeps well. 



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