UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 



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stem, one- inch, shallow cavity, -usually angular ; calyx, open, plaited, some- 

 times furrowed, irregular basin ; seeds, large, plump, acuminate ; flesh, 

 greenish yellow, melting, juicy, pleasant: '-good.'' (W. D. B.) 



Harvard. 



Eoston Epargne, | Cambridge Sugar Pear. 



American, Native of Cambridge. Mass. Tree, hardy, vigorous, up- 

 right, productive. Fruit, medium, oblong pyriforra, russety olive yellow, 

 reddish cheek ; stem, rather stout, not sunk : calyx, small ; basin, narrow ; 

 seeds, long, obovate ; flesh, white, juicy; "very good ;'^ liable to decay at 

 core. September. 



H awe's Winter. 



Origin, King and Queen counties, Va., on the farm of the Hawe's family. 

 Tree, vigorous and productive. Fruit, large, roundish, slightly flattened ; 

 color, at maturity, dull yellow, with russet spots ; flesh, a little coarse, 

 very juicy, rich, sweet, vinous. November to January. (H. R. Roby.) 



Heathcot. 



Gore's Heathcot. 



Native of Waltham, Mass. Tree, hardy, a moderate grower, branches 

 slender, when grown makes a compact head unless well thinned out; young 

 shoots reddish brown. 



Fruit, medium or above, obovate rounded; skin, rough; color, greenish. 



