MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



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VARIETIES. 



CLASS I. 3Iost generally esteemed. 



American Summer Pearmain. 

 "Watkin's Early, ] Early Summer Pearmala, 



This variety rarely ripens earlier than September, except at the South. 

 In the nursery, the growth of the tree is slow, and, as an orchard fruit, it 

 will not " pay." It cannot, however, be dispensed with for supplying home 

 wants, ripening gradually, as it does, during the whole of September. The 

 tree requires thinning out of small branches, but, as it fruits mostly on the 

 ends of branches, should never be shortened back. It requires a deep, 

 warm soil, well supplied with lime and potash, when it succeeds admirably 

 in all sections. 



Size^ medium ; form^ roundish oblong, sometimes angular ; the form 

 varies, and also size, as grown on top or bottom limbs, and in good or poor 

 soil; color^ red, streaked and dotted with grayish yellow; stem, medium, 

 projecting about even with the surface ; cavity, narrow ; calyx, open, erect, 

 slightly recurved ; basin, deep, round, smooth ; Jlesh, tender, sub-acid — best ; 

 core, small ; seeds, ovate pyriform. 



