120 DESCRIPIIONS 



Class H. Length greater than the breadth. 

 Order 1. Base acute or subacute. 

 22. TYSON. 

 Fruit of ilie luidiiini si/.c, long- lurbiiKite, narrowing g-railimlly to a thick, straight ami 

 erect stem ; base acute. Calyx set in a shallow depression. Color bright yellow, cheek 

 ornamented wiih brown, and tinted with russet. Flesh fine-grained, the pear melts 

 upon the palnie, is sweel, aromatic, and slightly perfumed. Excellent. Ripens the last 

 of August. 



23. KOSTIEZER. 

 Fruil ralbcr sniaii, ])yriform, symmetrical. Color green, wiih a brownish tint, and dark, 

 dull brown cheek ; skin di;lled, and marked with traces of russet. Stem long, ciuved. 

 Calyx set in a shallow depression. Flesh Juicy, n)elting and sweet, to which is added 

 a fine perfume. Excellent. Ripens late in summer. 



24. ENGLISH JARGONELLE. 



Jargonelle. 



Fruit above the medium size or less, long pyriform, tapering unequally to the stem. Stem 

 long, slightly cinved, and set on one side. Color greenish yellow ; skin smooth, and 

 brown upon the sunny side. Calyx open and large ; depression shallow. Flesh yel- 

 lowish white, fine-grained, juicy, with a luxurious flavor. Ripens in almost the first of 

 August. 

 The tree is vigorous, but the branches are unsymmetrical or straggling. This pear is 



not regarded by Downing as e(]ual to Dearborn's Seedling, or Bloodgood. Yet, being 



productive, and widely known, is more abundant in market than the better sorts of early 



pears. 



Order II. Base indented. 



25. BARTLETT. Plate 12, fig. 2. 

 Williams' Bonchretien . 

 This pear is quite large, elongated, its surface is wavy. Color yellow, cheek browned in 

 the sun, or tinted with a blush. Stem erect, thick and stout, and set in a narrow 

 depression, which may be slightly plaited Flesh white, or nearly so, fine-grained and 

 buttery, tender, juicy, luxuriously melting upon the palate. Requires ripening in the 

 house a week or two. 

 Tree productive, and bears quite early, or young. 



