244 AUTUMN FEARS. 



melting, juicy, excellent. Early autumn. Rhode Island 

 Fig. 184. 

 St. Akdke. Size medium, obovate-turbinate, crown blunted ; 

 skin greenish yellow, slightly dotted red, stalk an inch 

 long, fleshy at insertion; basin shallow; flesh greenish 

 white, fine-grained, buttery and melting, perfumed, ex- 

 cellent. Early autumn. 



Thompson's. Medium in size, obovate, yellow, slightly 

 rasseted ; stalk an inch long, stout ; calyx stiff, scarcely 

 cut ; buttery, melting, and fine flavored. Late autumn. 



Washington. Medium in size, oblong-obovale, obtuse, — 

 sometimes slightly obtuse-pyriform ; surface smooth, clear 

 yellow, handsomely marked with conspicuous red dots on 

 the sunny side, slightly russeted round the stalk, which is 

 an inch and a fourth long, and slightly sunk ; calyx smaU, 

 partly closed, basin shallow ; flesh very juicy, melting, 

 slightly breaking, with a rich, unusually sweet, perfumed, 

 first-rate flavor. Early in autumn. Growth vigorous, 

 shoots very straight, erect, and diverging. Fruit always 

 fair, but varies in size and form — esteemed most by those 

 who like a very sweet flavor. Fig. 173. 



Westcott. Size medium, roundish-obovate ; green, becom- 

 ing yellow; flesh melting, juicy, rich, sweet, perfumed 

 flavor fine. Early in autumn. Origin, Cranston, R. I. 



WHITE DOYENNE. {Syn. Butter Pear, of Pa., Virga- 

 lieu, of N. y., St. Michael, of Boston, Yellow Butter, 

 White Beurre, Doyenn6, Doyenne Blanc.) Medium or 

 rather large, regular obovate, obtuse, sometimes remotely 

 pyriform ; surface pale yellow, often a faint blush ; stalk 

 about an inch long, scarcely sunk ; calyx small, basin 

 shallow ; flesh of very fine texture, white, buttery, melt* 

 ing, rich, and excellent. Middle to late autumn. Shoots 

 ascending, greyish yellow ; leaves folded,, recurved. I 

 fails in many localities near Boston and elsewhere, bu 

 through inland New- York and in most of the western 

 states, it is unsurpassed in its excellent qualities of hard'' 

 growth, fair fruit, delicious flavor and great productive- 

 ness ; many trees, without receiving any care in cultiva- 



