PEARS. 179 



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

 3 ; season, Jul3\ and sometimes August. 

 Bemarks. — Uncommonlv subject to rot. 



OSWEGO EEUEEE, see Beurre Oswego. Color, dull 

 yellowish green, with niarblings and patches of russet ; 

 form, ovate obovate, or obovate rounded ; size, 2 ; use, 

 table; texture, melting, juicy, sub-acid, sprightly; qual- 

 ity, 1 ; season, September. 



Eemarks. — Bears early on quince or pear roots. Amer- 

 ican origin. " Rather acid." — ,/. B. Eaton, Buffalo. 



OSBOEN. 



Remarks. — Fruit small, ovate, pyriforra, greenish yel- 

 low ; stem about one inch long, set with two or more 

 fleshy ridges at base. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, sweet, 

 ver}^ little astringent. A very good Summer pear. In- 

 troduced first to notice here by A. II. Ernst. 



OTT PEAR. Form, rounded; size, 3; use, table; tex- 

 ture, juicy; quality, 2; season, August. 



Remarks. — Flavor aromatic, rich and sweet. Described 

 by Dr. Brinckle in Horticulturist, Philadelphia. Seedling 

 from the Seckel, and hardy and healthy like the parent 

 tree. Best, also, like it, grafted on the apple, leaving 

 part of the branches of the stock or apple to grow. This 

 plan gives great size and healthy development to the 

 fruit, as advised by Mr. Sleath, formerly the very expe- 

 rienced and scientific pioneer gardener of Cincinnati and 

 IST. Longworth, and who did much here for horticulture, 

 at an early day. By this mode the too strong tendency 

 of the Seckel to grow to too much wood, is checked. 



Orange Bergamot. Color, yellow ; form, flat at blossom 



