MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



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STEVENS' GENESEE. 

 jouise de Prusse, | Guernsey, | Stephens' Genesee. 



Native of Rochester, N. Y. It is one of the most desirable of pears for 

 all collections, either on Pear or Quince ; a fine grower, with diverging, 

 dark gray shoots ; productive. 



Fruit, large, roundish obovate ; color, greenish yellow, becoming yellow ; 

 stem, rather stout ; cavity, narrow j calyx with short, stiff, connected seg- 

 ments, half reflex ed ; basin, medium, regular ; core, medium ; seeds, ovate 

 pyriform, blackish ; flesh, white, half buttery, juicy, sweet, aromatic. Sep- 

 tember. Even windfalls of this variety are extremely fine. 



TYSON. 



This fine variety was found in a hedge near Jenkintown, Pa., about 

 1792-4. The tree is of vigorous, upright growth, with reddish brown 

 wood ; a moderate, regular bearer. 



Fruit, rather below medium, roundish pyriform, irregular; color, dull 

 yellow, shaded with red in sun, little russeted, and with numerous black 

 specks ] stem, rather long, moderately stout, curved, and obliquely attached 

 to the fruit by a fleshy junction, swollen on one side ; calyx, open, with 

 short segments ; basin, round, shallow ; core and seeds, small ; flesh, white, 

 fine-grained, melting, juicy, sugary, aromatic. Thus far succeeds on 

 Quince. August. 



