THE PEAR, 5*3 



CLASS II. OBSCURE PYRIFORM, OBOVATE OR TURBINATE. 



Bloodgood.* Size medium, turbinate, approaching obovate, base 

 contracted abruptly to the stalk; yellow, touched with russet; 

 stalk fleshy at insertion, an inch and a fourth long, set on the 

 rounded base without depression ; calyx scarcely sunk ; flesh yel- 

 lowish white, buttery, and melting, with a fine, rich, aromatic 

 flavor. Sometimes rots at the core. On some soils the flavor be- 

 comes poor and insipid. Ripens middle of August. Like all 



FIG. 691. d'Ete. 



FIG. 692. OsbancTs Summer. FIG. 693. Diel. FIG. 694. Ott. 



early pears, it is best if house-ripened. Origin, Long Island, N. 

 Y. Fig. 678. 



Dearborn's Seedling.* Scarcely medium in size, obovate or 

 Buffum -shaped, regular, smooth ; surface clear yellow, with 

 minute specks; stalk an inch long, sunk little or none; basin 

 very shallow ; flesh very fine grained, juicy, melting, and of fine 

 flavor. Ripens nearly with the Bloodgood, or middle of August. 

 Shoots straight, long, dark brown. Tree bears when young. 

 Fig. 674. Massachusetts. 



Henrietta. Size, a little below medium ; obovate, crown flat- 

 tened ; stalk set on the rounded point of the neck ; skin smooth, 

 pale yellowish-green, dots few ; stalk an inch and" a half long, 

 cavity small or none; calyx closed, basin shallow, faintly plaited ; 

 melting, juicy, sub-acid, with a good second-rate flavor. Very 

 productive. Late summer. Origin, New Haven, Conn. 



Limon. (Hagerston.) Size medium ; obovate, sometimes slightly 



pyriform ; light yellow, with a reddish-brown blush ; stalk an inch 



and a half long; cavity round, even, shallow; calyx slightly sunk ; 



flesh buttery, melting, of fine texture, with a mild, sweet flavor 



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