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Pears. 



Fig. 319. Ontario. 



Payency. (Paquency.) Size medium ; pyriform approaching obo- 

 vate-conic (Tyson-shaped) ; skin dull yellow, slightly russeted, 

 with a faint dull blush ; stalk an inch long, stout ; calyx ereft, 

 basin shallow; flesh white, juicy, melting, good. Mid-autumn. 

 French. 



Parsonage. Medium or large, pyramidal-pyriform, approaching 

 conic-obovate, skin orange yellow, partly russeted, thickly dotted ; 

 stalk short, thick ; cavity small ; calyx partly open, basin shallow ; 

 flesh granular, melting^ juicy, rich. Sept. New Rochelle, N. Y. 



PRATT. Medium or rather large, obovate-pyriform, skin greenish 

 yellow, thickly dotted ; stalk an inch long, slender and moderately 

 sunk ; basin wide, shallow ; flesh tender, melting, juicy, excellent. 

 Early autumn. Shoots yellowish, erec\ leaves rather narrow, 

 recurved. Rhode Island. Fig. 285. 



Queen of the Low Countries. Large pyriform, neck narrow, body 



