CHANCELLOR. 



Synonyms Green's Germantown Early St. Germain. 



Size Large, 3i to 4 inches long by 21 to 3 broad. 



Form Long, obovate, inclining to pyriform. 



Skin Dull green, rough with numerous green and russet dots, some russet mar- 

 kings and occasionally a faint speckled, warm brownish cheek. 



Stem I to 1 inch long by 7 3 g thick, inserted sometimes by a fleshy termination 

 into a small irregular cavity, usually elevated on one side. 



Calyx Small, open, set in a plaited shallow basin. 



Core Medium. 



Seed | of an inch long, \ wide and ? thick, of a yellowish brown color, acumi- 

 nate, full at the obtuse end, on one side of which is a small angular pro- 

 jection. 



Flesh Fine texture, buttery. 



Flavor Rich and exceedingly agreeable, some may consider it saccharine, which 

 in our opinion should never be viewed as an objectionable feature, since the 

 saccharine quality is the first to show its deficiency in defective soils, un- 

 propitious seasons or under poor cultivation. 



Quality" Very good" if not " best." 



Maturity Last of September and October. It keeps well and ripens handsomely 

 without decaying at the core. 



Leaf- Lanceolate. 



Wood Young shoots yellowish brown, slender. 



Growth Rather spreading. 



HISTORY, ETC. 



This truly delicious pear, probably a natural cross between the white Doyenne 

 and St. Germain, originated at the country residence of Wharton Chancellor, Esq., 

 on School House Lane, Germantown. The original tree still stands on his pre- 

 mises, within an enclosure of ever-greens, and is probably more than sixty years 

 old. 



Specimens of the fruit from a grafted tree in the garden of Mr. Joseph Green, 

 of Germantown, were for the first time exhibited at the Annual Fair of the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society, in September, 1848 ; and to this variety was 

 awarded the premium offered by the Society for the best seedling pear exhibited 

 in 1849. 



The first description of the Chancellor was published in the Horticulturist, 

 vol. 3, page 567. This variety succeeds well on the quince. 



