534 THE PEAR. 



long, and slightly sunk ; calyx small, partly closed, basin shallow ; 

 flesh very juicy, melting, slightly breaking, with a rich, unusually 

 sweet, perfumed, excellent flavor. Early in autumn. Growth 

 vigorous, shoots brown speckled, straight, erect, and diverging. 

 Fruit always fair, but varies in size and form esteemed most by 

 those who like a very sweet flavor. Delaware. 



Westcott. Size medium, roundish-obovate green, becoming yel- 

 low ; flesh melting, juicy, good ; not worthy of extension. Early 

 in autumn. Origin, Cranston, R. I. 



Wilbur. Medium in size, frequently rather small ; obovate, regular, 

 often obovate- pyriform ; skin a dull green and russet ; stalk three- 

 fourths to one inch long, cavity very small ; calyx prominent, 

 scarcely sunk ; flesh rather coarse, melting, juicy, pleasant, often 

 slightly astringent, varying. Early autumn. Shoots slender, 

 yellowish-brown. Origin, Somerset, Mass. 



Wilkinson. Size medium, obovate, narrowed somewhat toward 

 the crown, largest in the middle; skin smooth, bright yellow; 

 stalk an inch and a quarter long, stout, scarcely sunk ; calyx stiff, 

 short, basin shallow; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, rich, of 

 good flavor. Ripens from mid-autumn to winter. Shoots long, 

 stout, upright, greenish-yellow; tree thrifty, hard, productive. A 

 good second-rate variety. Often fails by cracking. Rhode Island. 



White Doyenne'.* (Butter Pear of Pennsylvania, Virgalieu of New 

 York, St. Michael of Boston, Yellow Butter, white Beurre, 

 Doyenne, Doyenne Blanc.) Medium or rather large, regular 

 obovate, obtuse, sometimes remotely pyriform ; surface pale yel- 

 low, often a faint blush , stalk about an inch long, scarcely sunk ; 

 calyx small, basin shallow ; flesh of very fine texture, white, but- 

 tery, melting, rich, and excellent. Middle to late autumn. Shoots 

 ascending, grayish-yellow; leaves folded, recurved. It fails by 

 cracking in many localities, but in portions of the Western States 

 it is unsurpassed in its excellent qualities of hardy growth, fair 

 fruit, delicious flavor, and great productiveness. France. 

 North of forty-two degrees of latitude, it becomes a late autumn 

 fruit, and may be kept into winter. Fig. 719. 



CLASS III. ROUNDISH OR OBLATE. 



Church. Size medium, roundish oblate, with a very short neck, 

 irregular; yellow, with minute dots ; stalk rather long and stout, 

 scarcely sunk ; basin broad and shallow, slightly furrowed ; flesh 

 fine, very buttery, melting, with a very sweet, rich, and excellent 

 flavor. Ripens through September. Tree vigorous and spread- 

 ing, uniformly productive, and fruit unvarying in good quality. 

 New Rochelle, N. Y. Fig. 720. 



Des Nonnes. (Beurr6 de Brignais.) Size medium, roundish- 

 turbinate, obtuse ; greenish-yellow becoming clear yellow with 

 many dots, stalk long, rather slender, a little curved, slightly 

 sunk ; calyx rather small, often closed in a small wrinkled basin ; 

 juicy and exceedingly melting when at perfection, very sweet, 



