224 AUTUMN PEAFS. 



half-buttery, dry, third-rate or worthless. Showy. Mid- 

 autumn. 



Marie Louise. Lar^e pyriform, a little one-sided, or with a 

 curved axis ; body somewhat conical ; surface pale green, 

 becoming yellowish, partly russeted ; stalk an inch and a 

 half long, rather stout, often oblique ; calyx small, basin 

 narrow, plaited ; flesh buttery, melting, vinous, when 

 well grown rich and fine, — offen second or third rate, — 

 variable. Needs rich cultivation or else the fruit will be 

 poor. Mid-autumn. Growth very fiexuous and strag- 

 gling, shoots olive gray, petioles very long, leaves nar- 

 row. Belgian. Fig. 211. 



Marie Louise Nova. Rather large ; regular pyriform, neck 

 acute, tapering ; skin smooth, yellow, with a brownish 

 red jheek ; stalk one to two inches long, rather slender; 

 basin shallow; melting, juicy, quickly decays, sometimes 

 good, often poor. Early mid-autumn. Belgian. 



Neill. Large, obovate-pyriform, axis slightly curved, neck 

 acute, staik an inch long; skin pale yellow, with traces of 

 thin russet; flesh white, buttery sweet. Shoots diverging. 

 Belgian. 



Onondaga or Swan's Orange. Quite large, obtuse oval- 

 pyriform, nearly in the form of a double cone, neck very 

 short and obtuse, body large and tapering to obtuse apex; 

 skin roui'hi.-h, greenish yellow, becommg rich yellow, 

 dots numerous, often a slight brown cheek, crown often 

 slightly russeted ; stalk an inch to an inch and a half 

 long, stout, slightly sunk; calyx small, closed, basin nar- 

 row, ribbed ; flesh slightly coarse, butter}^ melting, some- 

 times a liitle breaking, juicy, rich, high-flavored, fine, but 

 not of the highest quality. Ripens mid-autumn. Growth 

 vigorous, shoots yellow, ascendmg. Productive. Origin 

 unknown ; cultivated in western New- York. Nearly re- 

 sembles the Ronville in outline. Fig. 1S7. 



9ARADISE D'AVTOMNEy or "Autumn Paradise."— 

 Rather large, distinct pyriform ; surface uneven, yeliowish 

 oranee, with some thin russet patches ; stalk an mch and 

 a half long, not sunk ; basin small, irregular; flesh mclr 



