4:00 THE PEAR. 



calyx, with reflexed segments ; basin, shallow ; flesh, wj. jte, buttery, melt- 

 ing, musky ; shoots, stout, dark gray brown. Last August, first Sep- 

 tember. 



MUSKINGUM. 



American. Supposed a na\ ; .ve of Ohio. Fruit, medium, roundish obo- 

 vate. greenish yellow, numei- us russet specks ; stem, long, slender ; calyx, 

 open ; segments, short, connected ; flesh, white, coarse ; " good." Last 

 August. 



MARECHAL DE LA COUK. 



G- nsieller "e k Cour, | Duo d'Orleana. 



Foreign. Tree, vigoroup, branches long, thorny at mds, early bearer. 

 Fruit, large, oblong pyrif>rm or ova.e, yellowish green, vermilion in sun; 

 stem, broken, inserted with a iij .me sir ^ ; calyx, large, open ; flesh, white, 

 fine, melting, juicy, vinous ; " promises well." 



NAPOLEON. 

 Medaille, | Roi de Borne. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, upright grower, olive-colored shoots, fruit 

 largest and finest on Quince, very productive. Fruit, large, obtuse to obo- 

 vate, and rounded pyifo'-n ; greenish yellow, smooth stem, varying, 

 usually stout ; calyx, met . ; urn, open; flesh, white, tender, juicy ; "good. 1 ' 

 Valuable as a market sort on Quince. River says the Napoleon d'Hiver is 

 not sufficiently distinct to be retained. O *oer. 



NE FLUS MEURIS. 



Belgian. An unprepossessing looking, uneven, dull russet fruit, bt very 

 fine flavor. The tree grows upright, h -3 rhort-jointed, olive-colored shoots 

 and bears in thick bunches or clusters. 



Fruit, medium, or rather small, roundish, usually very irregular, with 

 swollen parts on the surface; skin, rough, dull yellowish brown, partially 

 covered with iron-colored russet ; stalk, quite short, set without depression, 

 in a small cavity ; flesh, yellowish white, buttery, melting, with a sugary 

 and very agreeable flavor. January to March. 



NONPAREIL. 



American. A new variety from Western New York ; too small for any 

 but amateurs. Fruit, small, roundish flattened at apex, russety yellow, 

 with red specks ; stem, short ; calyx, large ; core, large ; flesh, fine, melt- 

 ing, juicy, sugary, vinous; nearly a best." November. 



OAKLEY PARK. 

 Oakley Park Bergamotte 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, roundish obovate, greenish yellow, with rus- 

 set ; calyx, partly open ; stem, slender ; flesh, buttery, melting ; " good." 

 Octobei 



OMAR PASHA. 



From France. New. Productive. Fruit, medium, turbinate, roundish, 

 irregular, clear green, dotted and specked with russet about the stem ; 

 flesh, fine, tender, juicy, sugary, vinous. Early September. 



