136 DESCRIPTIONS 



72. ST GHISLAIN. 



Fruit the medium size, pj'riform, with a narrow neck, acute, tapering. Color pale yellow, 

 cheek may exhibit a faint blush. Stem long, slightly curved, and fleshy at its insertion. 

 Flesh white, buttery, juicy and fine in its flavor. Early autumn, and varies in quality 

 from second to first-rate. Belgian. 



73. VERTE LONGUE. 



Long Green. 

 The Verte Longue is an irregularly formed pear, unsymmetrical, and long pyriform, body 

 being narrow in proportion to its neck, and terminating in an obtuse base; crown nar- 

 now. Stem thick, rather short, and inserted on one side, scarcely curved. Color green, 

 dotted minutely. Calyx small, terminal. Flesh white, juicy, sweet, and slightly per- 

 fumed. September and October, 

 Tree productive. 



74. ANNAS DE ETE. 



Fruit rather large, pyriform, subsymmetrical, tapering to an obtuse apex, bearing a thick, 

 and rather long, erect stem. Color yellowish green, shaded, dotted with russet, browned 

 on the cheek ; skin rough. Calyx large, contained in a wide, shallow depression. 

 Flesh fine-grainedj buttery, sweet and perfumed. September and October. 



Order IT. Length greater than the height. Base indented. 



7o. ANDREWS. Plate 8. 



Fruit above the medium size, pyriform, unsymmetrical, terminating in an obtuse base. 



Color pale yellowish green, browned on the sunny side. Stem rather stout, curved, and 



inserted in a small indentation. Calyx large, occupying a wide, shallow depression. 



Flesh greenish white, juicy and melting, with a vinous flavor. Ripens in September. 



This variety is considered as one of the most profitable pears that can be raised, though 

 not regarded as really first-rate by Marshall P. Wilder. 



76. DIX. Plate 15. 

 Fruit above the medium size, long pyriform. Color yellow, thickly dotted wath russet 



around the stem. Stem very stout, long, and curved, inserted in a shallow depression. 



Calyx small, depression narrow. Flesh juicy, melting and sugary. October and 



November. 



The Dix is scarcely exceeded by any pear of our country. It originated in the garden 

 of Mrs. Dix, Boston. 



