116 DESCRIPTIONS 



6. SUMMER DOYENNE. 



Fniil small, low turbinate, or wide througli the middle, obtuse. Color a fine yellow, 

 ornamented with a fine red cheek, deepened at the base. Stem long. Calyx wide, 

 very shallow. Flesh melting and juicy, sweet. Skin thin. Core small. Seeds small, 

 white. 

 A new pear. See J. J. Thomas, page 216, American Fruit Culturisi. 



7. WILLIAMS' EARLY. 



Fruit rather small, rotiiul turbinate, or very obtuse, tapering rapidly f]om the middle, 

 symmetrical. Color iiright yellow, ornamented with rich scarlet dots on the sunny side. 

 Stem long, central, and straight. Calyx short; depression shallow and wide, and slightly 

 plaited. Flesh white, juicy, with a rich, musky flavor. Late summer or early autumn. 



8. FRENCH JARGONELLE. 



Summer Beauty. 



Form regular, pyriform, and attaining the medium size. Color light green, but in ripening 

 changing to a lemon yellow, ornamented with a bright red cheek. Stem rather long, 

 slender. Calyx small, and rather projecting, or scarcely sunk. Flesh white and coarse, 

 Bweet. Rots at the core, and is regarded only as third-rate. 



9. OTT. 



Fruit rather small, round turbinate. Color greenish yellow, semi-russet; sometimes the 

 cheek is mottled in red. Stem rather long and slender. Calyx rather short, depression 

 wide and shallow. Flesh rich, perfumed like the Seckcl. Ripens by the middle of 

 August. 

 Originated in Pennsylvania. 



10. BRANDYWINE. 



Fruit of the medium size ; form varying, as to the width of the crown. Skin smooth, 

 and of a dull yellowish green, with the crown russeted. Stem variable, Init rather short, 

 with a fleshy base. Flesh white, juicy and melting; flavor fine. 

 Tree vigorous and prodnrlive. Originated in Delaware coiiiUy. New. ./. .7. Thomas. 



