AUrUMiN PEAES. 2^^1 



buttery, sweet, with a second-rate, sometimes nearly first 

 rate flavor. Late autumn. Belgian. 



Gushing. Medium or rather large, obovate, somewhat ob 

 conic ; surface light greenish yellow, rarely a dull red 

 cheek ; stalk an inch long, cavity abrupt ; basin rathei 

 shallow ; flesh fine grained, buttery, melting, with a fine 

 flavor — nearly first-rate. Ripens in the early part of au- 

 tumn. Shoots spreading. Very productive. Origin, 

 Hingham, Mass. 



Dallas. Size medium ; obovate, slightly obconic-pyriform 

 dull yellow, often much russeted ; stalk an inch long, 

 not sunk ; basin round, slightly wrinkled ; segments ol 

 the calyx rounded, stiff; flesh fine-grained, melting, juicy, 

 good. Ripens late-autumn. Conn. ^ 



De Louvain. Medium size, obovate-obconic, approaching 

 pyriform ; surface light yellow, faintly russeted, with 

 ruddy dots to the sun ; stalk an inch long, stout, oblique^ 

 not sunk ; basin very narrow, shallow ; flesh buttery^ 

 melting, rich, good. Ripens through mid-autumn. Bel- 

 gian. 



Doyenne Boussock. (Syn. Doyenne Boussouck Nouvelle.) 

 Large, thick obovate, obconic, sometimes slightly pyri- 

 form, slightly uneven ; surface bright lemon yellow when 

 ripe, partly russeted, sometimes a slight reddish cheek; 

 stalk stout, about an inch long, varying, sometimes fleshy, 

 often oblique ; basin very shallow, even; flesh buttery, 

 melting, very juicy, with a first-rate flavor, resembling 

 the White Doyenn:^, but not equal to it in quality. New. 

 The Gray Doyenne has been cultivated to some extent 

 under this name. Fig. 176. 



Duchesse de Mars. Size medium or rather small ; obovate, 

 slightly pyriform ; skin dull yellow, partly russeted; stalk 

 an inch long, scarcely sunk on the rounded base ; calyx 

 closed, basin very small; flesh melting and juicy, rather 

 rich. Ripens late autumn. A second-rate fruit. French. 



Di/ndas. Size medium ; short turbinate, sometimes obovate, 

 base flattened ; skin yellow, with a brilliant blush ; stalk 

 an inch long, stout, not su-nk ; calyx small, basin widf> 



