478 THE PEAR. 



and a little russet about the stem, which is rather long and in- 

 serted in a depression. Calyx set in a broad shallow basin. 

 Flesh white, tolerably juicy, with a pleasant, sweet, somewhat 

 aromatic flavour. September. 



BRANDYWINE. Hort. 



Found on the farm of Eli Harvey on the banks of the Bran- 

 dywine, Delaware Co., Pa. Tree vigorous, upright, uniformly 

 productive. Fruit above medium, varying in form, from oblate 

 depressed-pyriform, to elongated-pyriforin. Skin dull yellowish- 

 green, considerably dotted and somewhat sprinkled with russet, 

 having a warm cheek on the side of the sun. Stalk is fleshy 

 at its junction with the fruit, and generally surrounded by folds 

 or rings. Calyx open, basin smooth and shallow. Flesh white, 

 juicy, melting, sugary and vinous, somewhat aromatic. Ripe 

 last of August and first of September. 



CABOT. Man. 



Originated from the seed of the Brown Beurre, by J. S. 

 Cabot, Esq., of Salem, Mass. It has a good deal of the flavour 

 of its parent, and is an agreeable, sub-acid fruit. The tree 

 grows upright and very strong, and produces amazing crops. 

 Fruit pretty large, roundish-turbinate, narrowing rather abruptly 

 to the stalk, which is bent obliquely, and inserted on one side 

 of a tapering summit. Skin roughish, bronze yellow, pretty 

 well covered with cinnamon russet. Calyx small, open, set in a 

 round, smooth basin. Flesh greenish-white, breaking, juicy, 

 with a rich, sub-acid flavour. Middle and last of September. 



CAEN DE FRANCE. 



Fruit large, pyriform. Skin thick, russety-yellow, thickly 

 covered with russety specks, and with some blotches of russet. 

 Calyx open. Flesh yellowish-white, half melting, juicy, sweet, 

 with a little astringency. Ripe December, January. (Hov 

 Mag.) 



CALEBASSE DELVIGNE. Van Mons. 



Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit medium or rather 

 large, pyriform, broad at calyx. Skin yellow, slightly russeted, 

 sometimes shaded on the sunny side. Stalk short, thick at its 

 junction with the fruit. Calyx open, segments stiff, in a very 

 shallow, uneven basin. Flesh white, coarse, buttery, juicy, melt- 

 ing, perfumed, slightly astringent, with a rich vinous flavour. 

 October. 



CALHOUN. 

 Raised by the late Governor Edwards, New Haven, Conn. * 



