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CLASS III. ROUNDISH OR OBLATE. 



Duchesse de Berry d'Ete. Small, roundish, sometimes oblate, oc- 

 casionally approaching obovate ; yellow, sometimes shaded light 

 red; stalk short, slightly sunk, basin shallow; juicy and melting, 

 flavor " very good. " End of August. Shoots stout, light greenish. 



Muskingum. Medium, roundish ; greenish-yellow, thickly dotted ; 

 stalk long, cavity small ; basin shallow ; flesh melting, pleasant, 

 perfumed. End of August. 



Reliance. Medium, oblate, brownish-red, russeted; flesh fine- 

 grained, melting, juicy, good. A Van Mons' seedling. Tree vig- 

 orous, prolific. 



Summer Portugal. (Passans du Portugal.) Size rather small, 

 often nearly medium, roundish-oblate, regular; skin yellowish- 

 green or pale yellow, with a handsome red cheek in the sun, 

 formed of the reddened dots; stalk about an inch long; calyx stiff, 

 erect; cavity and basin shallow; flesh white, breaking, tender, 

 juicy, moderately good. Late summer. Very productive. Shoots 

 upright, reddish-brown. 



DIVISION II.-AUTUMN PEARS. 

 CLASS I. DISTINCT PYRIFORM. 



Adams. Large, pyriform ; deep yellow, smooth, shaded red next the 

 sun; stalk short, stout, wrinkled at base; scarcely sunk, eye 

 small, closed, even with the crown ; flesh white, fine, melting, 

 rich, vinous, perfumed. September and October. Shoots dark 

 brown, tree upright. Massachusetts. 



Alpha. Size medium, pyriform, obovate or Madeleine-shaped, 

 smooth; pale yellowish-green, with a faint brown blush; stalk 

 slightly sunk, basin moderate; fine-grained, buttery, and good. 

 October. Belgian. Fig. 667. 



Ananas d'Ete. Rather large, obtuse-pyriform ; skin smooth, clear 

 yellow, with numerous small dots, often with a blush ; stalk stout 

 and fleshy ; basin small ; flesh fine-grained, buttery, and melting, 

 sweet and very good. Early autumn. Growth somewhat irregu- 

 lar, shoots brownish-purple. Holland. 



Andrews. (Amory, Gibson.) Medium or rather large, distinct 

 pyriform, often slightly one-sided; skin thick, dull yellowish- 

 green, with a broad, dull red cheek ; stalk about an inch long, 

 curved, scarcely sunk ; basin shallow, sometimes deep ; flesh 



greenish, very juicy, melting, of a fine, pleasant, agreeable flavor, 

 n some localities not first-rate. Ripens early in autumn. Very 

 productive and fair. Shoots diverging. Origin, Dorchester. Mass. 



Angouleme.* (Duchess.) Very large, ver3 T obtuse-p3 T riform, some- 

 times oblong-obovate, surface uneven ; greenish-yellow, often 

 some russet ; stalk an inch to an inch and a half long, very stout ; 

 cavity deep, often wide ; calyx small, basin uneven ; flesh yellow- 



