THE PEAR. 



517 



JULES BIVORT. Al. Pom. 



Raised by Alexander Bivort. Tree moderately vigorous, 

 very productive. 



Fruit large, oval, truncate, conic. Skin cinnamon russet on 

 yellow ground, thickly sprinkled with minute grey dots. Stalk 

 long, inserted at an inclination in a broad depression. Calyx 

 open, set in a small, shallow basin. Flesh firm, juicy, melting, 

 with a sugary vinous flavour ; finely perfumed. Oct. Nov. 



Kingsessing. 



KINGSESSING. Brinckle in Hort. 



Leech's Kingsessing. 



Originating in the family bury ing-ground of Isaac Leech, 

 near Philadelphia. Tree upright and of vigorous growth, with 

 light yellowish-green shoots. 



Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, or truncate-conic. Skin green- 

 ish-yellow, thickly sprinkled with minute green or grey dots. 

 Stalk medium or long, curved, and fleshy at its insertion in a 

 broad, uneven cavity. Calyx closed, set in a shallow, irregular 



