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THE PEAR. 



variety deserves so extended culture. North, it should, when possible, 



be planted in warm, rich, sandy loam, 

 and sheltered situations. The tree 

 is of slow growth ; wood, short-joint- 

 ed, stout, forming a round head, and 

 of only medium size on the pear 

 stock, and well suited to garden 

 planting. 



Fruity small, (our drawing too small 

 for a fair average), rounded, obtuse 

 pyriform; color, brownish green at 

 first, becoming yellowish brown, with 

 a lively red russet cheek ; stem, short, 

 slightly curved, set in a very slight 

 depression ; calyx, small, open ; basin, 

 shallow ; core, small ; seeds, broad, 

 ovate ; jlesh, yellowish white, juicy, 

 buttery, spicy, aromatic, sweet. Sep 

 tember and October. 



Prince's St. Germain. 



New St. Germain, 



Raised from the seed 

 of the old St. Germain, 

 nearly fifty years since, 

 at the Prince Nurseries, 

 Flushing, L. I. Tree, 

 hardy, thrifty, very pro- 

 ductive; the fruit keeps 

 well, and requires no 

 more care to ripen than 

 apples ; shoots, reddish 

 brown. 



Fruit, medium, oblong 

 obovate pyriform ; color, 

 green and pale yellow 

 marbled, and covered 

 nearly with brownish 

 russet specks ; stem, long, 

 siender, (our drawing 

 shows only a portion of 

 it ) ; cavity, slight, nar- 

 row ; calyx, with broad 

 segments without divis- 

 ions ; basin, regular, even, 

 not deep ; core, small ; 

 seeds, oblong ovate j 

 Hesh white, juicy, melt- 

 ing, sweet, vinous. December to March. 



j Brown St. Germain. 



