246 AUTUMN PEARS. 



cal3'x closed, basin shallow, faintly plaited ; flesh melting, 

 jni(:\-, sub-acid. Very productive. Late summer. New 

 Haven, Conn. 



Henry IT. {Sij?!. Henri Quatre.) Kather small, round- 

 obovate, somewhat turbinate ; surface greenish yellow, 

 often somewhat russeted, sometimes a dark reddish brown 

 cheek ; stalk an inch and a fourth long, slender, usually 

 fleshy at insertion, not sunk ; bab:in shallow, abrupt, calyx 

 closed; flesh juicy, melting, rich, perfumed, mostly first- 

 rate flavor. Needs house-ripening. Early in autumn. 

 Shoots diverging cr spreading, yellowish brown. Very 

 productive. Fig. 146. 



Joho7mot. Rather small, roundish-obovate, sometimes near- 

 ly round, irregular ; skin pale greenish-yellow and yel- 

 lowish-brown, faintly russeted ; stalk about an inch long 

 thick, oblique, fleshy at insertion, not sunk; basin round, 

 flesh rather coarse, mel ing, buttery, rich, of fine flavor. 

 Early mid-autumn. Origin, Salem, Mass. The value 

 cf this fine little pear is lessened by the slov\^ growth of 

 the trte. 



KiRTLAND. Medium in size, round-ovate, greenish with a 

 rich brown russet ; stalk short and thick ; flesh fine 

 grained, buttery and melting, perfumed, with a high and 

 excellent flavor, like the Seckel. Eaily autumn. Likely 

 to prove valuable. Northern Ohio. Dr. Kirtland. 



Rousselet de Rheims. Rather small, obovate-turbinate, 

 obscurely pyriform ; skin greenish-yellow in the shade, a 

 rich bro.vnish-rcd in the sun, partly russeted ; stalk an 

 inch long, not sunk ; basin little or none ; flesh of fine 

 texture, sweet, rich, perfumed, half buttery; rots at the 

 core. Early autumn. Fig. 197. 



vSECKEL. Small, obovate, sometimes obscurely obconic- 

 pyriform, regular; skin brownish-green, becoming rich 

 yellowish-brown, with a deep brownish-red cheek ; stalk 

 one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, cavity and basin 

 small ; flesh very fine-grained, sweet, ver}'' juicy, melting 

 buUery, the richest and highest flavored pear known. 

 A.lthough of slow growth, and small size, like the Green 



