MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



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THOMPSON'S. 



Foreign. Tree of 

 vigorous, diverging 

 habit; young wood, 

 yellowish olive, with 

 grayish specks; bears 

 on the Pear about 

 the sixth year. 



Fruit, large, obo- 

 vate obtuse pyri- 

 form, surface un- 

 even : color, lemon 

 yellow, with brown- 

 ish red cheek in sun, 

 some russet dots and 

 marblings, and rus- 

 set at the stem ; stem, 

 short, usually plant- 

 ed or set on angular- 

 ly, with a fleshy rim 

 one side; calyx, with 

 connected half-clos- 

 ed segments , ba- 

 sin, round, narrow, 

 abrupt ; core, medi- 

 um ; capsules and 

 seeds, formed like 

 the fruit ; flesh, white, buttery, melting, sugary, slightly aromatic. Octo- 

 ber to November. 



VAN ASSENE. 



Van Assche, | Vanassfe, | Van Asahe. 



This is a new pear, first fruited at the West, in the grounds of A. H. 

 Ernst, Cincinnati, who has disseminated it freely, and thus far it has 

 proved " best." Leaves, light yellow green ; young wood, yellowish red : 

 tree, a vigorous, erect grower, an abundant and early bearer, succeeding 

 well on the Quince. Fruit, medium, obovate obtuse, largest near the eye, 

 flattened at both ends, occasionally slightly ribbed ; calyx, small ; basin, 

 smooth, wide, rather shallow, ribbed ; stem, one and a half inch long, 

 rather slender, slightly sunk ; skin, smooth and fair, light yellow in the 

 shade, sprinkled with dark dots, light red on the sunny side, sprinkled with 

 carmine dots ; flesh, white, buttery, melting. September and early October 

 August at Cincinnati and South. 



