170 weste'bn fruit book. 



King Edward's, Color, yellow ; form, pyriform ; size, 

 1 ; use, table ; texture, buttery ; quality, 2 ; season, Octo- 

 ber. 



KiRTLAND Pear. Color, crimson russet; form, globu- 

 lar, ovate; size, 2; use, table; texture, juicy; quality, 1; 

 season, September. 



Eemarks. — Eaised by Dr. Kirtland, of Cleveland, Ohio, 

 a good pomologist, a man of very scientific attainments, 

 and of versatile talents. Texture, fine, melting, juicy and 

 rich. Flavor, aromatic, sweet, and in the highest degree 

 delicious. Tree, hardy and productive. Obtained from 

 the seed of Seckel. Dr. Kirtland has been most success- 

 ful in raising: verv valuable and delicious cherries from 

 the seed (which will be noticed in their proper place), as 

 well as some other fine seedling fruits. He is always in- 

 defatigable in the pursuits of horticulture and science. 



Knights Monarch. Color, yellowish brown ; form, 

 obovate oblate ; size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, melting, juicy; 

 quality, 1 ; season, December. 



Eemarks. — Of a somewhat musky flavor. Eequires 

 high cultivation. Eather similar in shape to the Flemish 

 Beauty, or Belle de Flandres, but a little larger. This is 

 the fruit, some spurious trees of which Mr. Knight having 

 been the means of distributing, he stated that he would 

 have rather lost ten thousand pounds than have done so. 



Knight's Seedling. Color, j-ellowish green, with a 

 brownish red cheek ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, juicy, 

 sweet; quality, 1; season, September. 



Eemarks. — From Cranstown, Ehode Island. " A beau- 

 tiful and excellent fruit." — A. H. Ernst Tree vigorous 

 and early productive. 



