Descriptive List and Index Pears. 



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Early Rousselet. Rather small, pyriform, 

 yellow and brownish red ; sweet, pleasant, 

 perfumed rots at core. August. 



Eastnor Castle. Medium, roundish, green ; 

 juicy, melting. December. 



Echassery. Medium, roundish oval, green- 

 ish yellow ; melting, buttery, sweet. Win- 

 ter. French. 



Edmonds, p. 274. 



Eiwards. Medium, round, yellow ; granu- 

 lar baking. Conn. 



Edward's Henrietta, p. 255. 



Elizabeth, Edward's. Medium, obtuse pyri- 

 - form, angular, greenish yellow ; buttery, 

 sub-acid, good. October. Conn. 



Elizabeth, Manning's, p. 255. 



Ellis. Rather large, pyriform, yellowish 

 green ; juicy, melting, vinpus. Early Oc- 

 tober. Mass. 



Emile d'Heyst, p. 263. 



Emilie Bivort. Medium, conic oblate, 

 orange yellow and russet ; juicy, rich, vi- 

 nous. November. 



Emerald. Medium, obovate, green ; melt- 

 ing, buttery, sweet. December. Bel- 

 gian. 



Enfant Prodigue. Rather small, pyriform, 

 green, rough, russeted ; granular, juicy, 

 vinous, perfumed. October. Belgian. 



English Bergamot. See Autumn Berga- 

 mot 



Epine d'Ete" ; or, Summer Thorn. Medium, 

 pyriform, greenish yellow ; melting, sweet, 

 musky. Early September. 



Episcopal. See Fortunee. 



Esperione. Medium, obovate, slightly pyri- 

 form, yellow ; juicy, melting, perfumed. 

 September. 



Excellentissima. See Due de Brabant. 



Eyewood. Medium, oblate, dull yellow 

 with some russet ; buttery, good. Eng- 

 lish. 



Feaster. See Bleeker's Meadow. 

 Ferdinand de Meester. See Rousselet de 



Meester. 

 Figue, p. 263. 

 Figue d'Alencon, p. 263. 

 Figue de Naples, p. 275. 

 Fin Or d'Hiver. See Franc Real 



d'Hiver. 

 Fine Gold of Summer. Small, roundish, 



yellow with a red cheek ; juicy, good, not 



rich August. 

 Flemish Beauty, p. 275. 



Fleur de Neige ; or, Snow Flower. Rathei 

 large, conic pyriform, yellowish green ; 

 granular, sweet, high-flavored. October. 

 Belgian. 



Florimond Parent. Very large, pyramidal 

 pyriform, tapering to crown, green becom- 

 ing deep yellow ; coarse, melting, rich, 

 perfumed. September. Belgian. 



Fondante Agreable. Medium, roundish 

 obovate, yellowish green ; juicy, melting, 

 refreshing. August. 



Fondante d'Automne. See Belle Lucra- 

 tive. 



Fondante de Malines, p. 275. 



Fondante de Noel, p. 288. 



Fondante des Charneuse. See Due de 

 Brabant. 



Fondante des Pres. Medium, obovate py- 

 riform, yellow ; melting, juicy, sweet, aro- 

 matic. October. Belgian. 



Fondante Van Mons. Rather small, round - 

 ish, pale yellow ; juicy, melting, sweet, 

 agreeable. November. 



Fondante du Cornice. Large pyramidal, 

 (small specimens obovate), yellow ; buttery, 

 juicy, rich, vinous. October, November. 

 French. 



Forelle, p. 263. 



Forme de Delices. Medium, obovate, yel- 

 lowish, rough ; buttery, rather dry, 

 sweet. October. Flemish. 



Fortune"e. Rather small, roundish, russeted ; 

 juicy, sprightly cooking. Winter. 



Foster's St. Michael. Medium, roundish 

 ovate, yellow ; coarse, astringent. Sep- 

 tember. 



Franc Real d'Ete". See Summer Franc 

 Real. 



Franc Real d'Hiver. Medium, roundish, 

 yellow and brown ; crisp cooking. Win- 

 ter. 



Frankford. See Bleeker's Meadow. 



Frederick of Wurtemburg. Large, broad 

 pyriform, yellpw with crimson cheek ; 

 juicy, melting, varying from excellent to 

 worthless. September. Belgian. 



Frederika Bremer. Rather large, varying 

 from roundish to pyriform, greenish yel- 

 low ; melting, vinous. October. N. Y. 



Fulton, p 284. 



Gansel's Bergamot, p. 284. 



Gansel's Late Bergamotte. Roundish, 



greenish, rough ; granular, juicy, sugary, 



perfumed. December. 



