Autumn Obovate, etc. 269 



russet on yellow ground ; cavity slight, often none ; basin rather 

 large ; flesh fine, melting, buttery, rich, aromatic. Sept. Phila. 

 Fig. 281. 



CLASS II. OBSCURE PYRIFORM, OBOVATE, OR TURBINATE. 



Abbott. Medium in size, oblong-obovate (like the Washington), 

 surface even, smooth, dark dull green, with a reddish brown 

 cheek changing to scarlet; stalk an inch long; calyx small, 

 closed; melting, juicy, rich. Early mid-autumn. Good and 

 handsome, shoots purplish. Providence, R. I. 



Augustus Dana. Medium or large, obovate ; skin dull green, 

 slightly rough, partly russeted, thickly dotted ; stalk long, curved, 

 scarcely sunk on the obtuse end ; eye large, slightly sunk ; flesh 

 juicy, melting, rich, aromatic. Oct. and Nov. Growth irregular, 

 thorny, like Dix. Mass. New. 



Auguste Royer. Medium, turbinate ; skin russet-fawn, becoming 

 orange ; juicy, rich, perfumed. Nov. Vigorous and productive. 



BELLE LUCRATIVE, or FONDANTE D'AUTOMNE. Size medium, 

 conic-obovate, sometimes remotely pyriform ; surface pale yellow- 

 ish green, slightly russeted ; stalk an inch and a quarter long, 

 often fleshy, oblique ; cavity very small and narrow ; calyx short ; 

 basin smooth, sometimes furrowed ; flesh very juicy, with a fine 

 texture, melting, rich, excellent. Variable when well grown and 

 fully ripened, it has no superior and few equals, in its exceedingly 

 rich, delicate, perfumed flavor but sometimes of poor quality. 

 Middle or last of Sept. Belgian. Growth moderate, upright, 

 shoots yellowish grey. 



Bergamotte Cadette. (Beauchamps, Beurrd Beauchamps, Poire de 

 Cadet.) Size medium, round-obovate, or round-oval ; surface 

 greenish yellow, often russeted, frequently tinged with reddish 

 brown to the sun ; stalk an inch and a fourth long, scarcely sunk 

 on the rounded base ; calyx erect or closed, basin very shallow ; 

 flesh melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, quite rich, slightly perfumed ; 

 Late autumn. Shoots greenish, slender, erect, and diverging ; 

 leaves small. Productive. French. Fig. 298. 



Beurre Berkmans. Medium, turbinate, or short pyriform ; yellow- 

 ish, rough, russeted ; stalk fleshy, oblique, basin shallow, furrow- 

 ed ; buttery and melting, rich, and perfumed. Nov., Dec. 



Beurrt d'Amalis. (Beurr^ d'Amanlis.) Large, obovate, often irre- 

 gular, sometimes slightly pyriform, with a short and narrow neck ; 

 dull yellowish green, with some russet, and a dull reddish cheek ; 

 stalk an inch and a quarter long, very slightly sunk ; basin shal- 

 low ; flesh buttery, melting, and juicy, and rather rich, with a 

 moderate, often astringent and poor flavor. Early and mid- 



