198 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



Upper Crust. Size, 3 ; use, table ; texture, buttery, 

 melting ; quality, 1 ; season, July. 



Eemarks. — A South Carolinian. Tree, healthy, mode- 

 rate grower. Fruit, size of Dearborn's Seedling. 



UEBANISTE, or Benrre Picquery, etc. Color, pale yel- 

 low, with gray dots, and some russet lines ; form, obovate 

 pyriform ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, white, yellowish 

 at core, buttery, melting, vinous ; quality, 2 ; season, Sep- 

 tember and October. 



Bemarks. — Good. Tree, moderately vigorous, and 

 hardy ; well suited to Western soils. Not an earl}' bearer, 

 but when it does, produces regularly and abundantly. 



Uvedale St. Germain. Poor. For baking only. 



Yallee Franche. Form, round, obtuse, turbinate; 

 size, 2; use, table; texture, poor; quality, 3; reason, 

 July or August. 



Remarks. — Exhibited to Cincinnati Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, by A. H. Ernst, August 18, 1855. Committee on Fruit 

 considered it " quite a second, or even third rate Summer 

 pear." "Deficient in flavor and character." — A. H. Ernst. 



Yan Assche. Color, light yellow; form, obovate ob- 

 tuse ; size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, buttery, melting ; qual- 

 ity, 1 ; season, August and September. 



Eemarks. — New pear. Worthy of general culture. 



Yan Assene. Color, greenish yellow; form, round, flat 

 at crown ; size, 1 to 2 ; use, table ; texture, juicy, melting, 

 sweet ; quality, 2 ; season, August. 



Eemarks. — A new, and fine pear. 



Van Buren. Poor. Unworthy. 



