PEARS. 171 



La Juive. Color, yellow ; form, pyriform ; size, 1 ; 

 use, table; texture, buttery, juicy; quality, 2; season, 

 September. 



Eemarks. — Foreign. Described in Hovey's Magazine. 



Large Summer Bergamot, see Summer Bergamot. 



Las Canas. Color, pale yellow ; form, pyriform ; size, 

 2; use, table; texture, juicy, sugary; quality, 1; season, 

 September. 



Eemarks. — Of French origin. Tree, vigorous, and an 

 early bearer. 



Laherard. Color, lemon yellow ; form, obtuse pyri- 

 form ; size, 2; use, table; texture, juicy, white; quality, 

 1 ; season, September. 



Eemarks. — Succeeds on quince. Described by Wilder 

 in Horticidtin'ist. 



LAWEENCE. Color, dull pale yellow ; form, obovate, 

 obtuse at stem ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, juicy, melt- 

 ing; quality, 1; season, October to February. 



Eeim^arks. — Eecommended by Ohio Pomological Society 

 for general cultivation. Yery good. Tree rather thorny. 

 S. B. Parsons says it succeeds well on the quince. A lit- 

 tle gritty at core. Slightly sugary. A great and early 

 bearer. A good keeper — till Christmas. Eetains its fine 

 juicy quality, and does not shrivel in ripening. 



L'EcHASSERiE. Color, yellow ; form, oval ; size, 2 ; 

 use, table; texture, melting, vinous; quality, 2; season, 

 November to January. 



Eemarks. — A pretty good pear, although rather too 

 small — which is a fault, particularly for market. We 

 would not recommend it. 



