26i^ WINTER PEARS. 



Beune flavor — good second-rate, approaching first-rate 

 Earlv-winter. New. Somwhat resembles Passe Colmar 



Haddington. Medium or rather large, obovate-pyriform, 

 greenish yellow, with small distinct russet dots. Some- 

 times a faint brown cheek; stalk three-fourths to an inch 

 long, slender, cavity small ; calyx small, basin shallow ; 

 flesh yellowish, crisp, juicv, with a second-rate flavor — 

 sometimes quite poor. Keeps through winter. Phila- 

 delpliia. 



Leon le Clerc. Medium or rather large obovate, crown 

 swollen, narrow towards the stalk ; skin yellow, russcty 

 at ends; stalk an inch and a fourth long, fleshy at in- 

 sertion; calyx large, many-cut, little sunk; flesh crisp, 

 firm, of second or third-rate quality. 



This is totally distinct from the celebrated Van Mons Leon 

 le Clerc, a larire, fine autumn pear already described. 

 The Leon le Clerc here deicribed was raised by Van 

 Mons, and is hence sometimes called Van Mons' L'on le 

 Clerc ; the other variety, immeasurably superior, was 

 raised by Leon le Clerc, and named the Van Mons Leon 

 le Clerc. Confusion has arisen from this slight distinc- 

 tion. 



Locke. (Syn. Locke's Beurre.) Medium in size, round- 

 obovate, obscurely pyriform, regular; surface yellowish 

 green, often a little russet; stalk an imh long, scarcely 

 sunk ; calyx siy:ail, closed, basin shaLow ; flesh greenish- 

 v/hite, melting, juicy, second-rate. Late autumn and 

 early winter. Origin, West Cambridge, Mass. 



McLaifgkl???. Medium in size, turbinate, remotely pyri- 

 form ; nearly the whole surface russeted, with a warm red 

 cheek; stalk three-fourths of an inch Img, fleshy at in- 

 sertion, cavity little or none; basin rather abrupt, very 

 small and narrow; flesh buttery, rather sweet, or very 

 slightly acid, rich, perfumed. Early winter. Saco 

 Maine. 



Moccas. Medium in size, obovate or irregular turbinate , 

 surface pale green, or yello\'.ish-green, with a brown 

 cheek, and russet dots and streaks ; stalk an inch and a 



