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PAYENCY. 



Paquency, 



Poire de Payency. 



Poire de Perigord, 



Payenchi, 



Payenchi de Perigord. 



Foreign. Tree of vigor- 

 ous growth, early bearer, 

 and especially profitable on 

 the Quince. 



Fruit, medium, pyriform, 

 extending into the stem, 

 which is stout, uneven, dark 

 brown ; color, at first dull 

 pale green, becoming brown- 

 ish yellow at maturity, many 

 russet dots and patches round 

 stem and calyx, few in cen- 

 tre, occasionally a tinge of 

 dull red in sun ; calyx, open, 

 segments half erect; basin, 

 very shallow ; core, small ; 

 seeds, oblong pointed, dark 

 brown; flesh, white, rather 

 coarse, melting, juicy, su- 

 gary, vinous. October 



SHELDON. 

 Penfield, | Wayne. 



American. Native of western Central New York. Tree, vigorous, 

 erect, hardy, good bearer on pear, young shoots short-jointed, light yellow- 

 ish. Fruit, medium or above, roundish, a little angular, sometimes obo- 

 vate, pale' greenish russet, light red or bronzed in sun, little specked with 

 dark russet ; stem, short, rather stout, slightly curved ; calyx, medium, open, 

 broad short segments; core, rather large: seeds, dark brown; flesh, a little 

 coarse, and gritty, at core, otherwise melting, juicy, sugary, sprightly, aro- 

 matic; nearly "best." October. 



Seckel, 

 Sickly 



SECKEL. 



New York Red Cheek, 

 Red-cheeked Seckel, 



Sycle. 



The original tree of this variety, according to Dr. Brinckle, stands in 

 Passyunk township, on the Delaware river, about three and a half miles 

 from Philadelphia. No one variety has become so generally known in this 

 country as the Seckel, and in our Southern and Middle States, no one 



