638 THE PEAR. 



PULSIFER. 



Raised by Dr. John Pulsifer of Hennepin, Illinois. An up- 

 right and vigorous grower, shoots dark olive. 



Fruit below medium in size, pyritbrm. Stalk short and 

 curved. Calyx small, open, basin shallow. Skin dull golden- 

 yellow, covered with an open network of slight russet. Flesh 

 white, melting, juicy, sweet and delicious. Ripens middle of 

 August. (Smiley in Hort.) 



QUILLETETTE. Van Mons. 



An odd-looking, late autumn fruit, received from Van Mons. 



Fruit nearly of medium size, roundish, a little flattened. Skin 

 greenish, nearly covered with dull, iron-coloured russet. The 

 flesh is white, buttery, and melting, sweet and perfumed. No- 

 vember. 



RAYMOND. Man. 



The Raymond is a native of Maine, and originated on the 

 farm of Dr. I. Wright, in the town of this name. 



Tree of slow growth. Young shoots very slender, dark yel- 

 lowish-brown. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate, shaped like the Doyenne. 

 Skin yellow, marked with russet near the stalk, and tinged with 

 a little red towards the sun. Stalk an inch or more long, inserted 

 with little or no depression. Calyx round, firm, open, set in a 

 shallow basin. Flesh white, buttery, melting, and very excellent. 

 September. 



RAPELJE. 



Introduced by Professor Stevens, Astoria, Long Island. Tree 

 vigorous and productive. 



Fruit medium, obovate, sometimes obtuse, and sometimes 

 acute-pyriform, sometimes turbinate. Skin yellowish, covered 

 with cinnamon russet. Stalk long, rather thick, generally in- 

 serted by a lip. Calyx large and open, set in a very shallow 

 basin. Flesh whitish, somewhat granular, juicy and melting, 

 with a very sweet, rich, vinous, aromatic flavour; variable, some- 

 times poor. September. 



READING. 



A Pennsylvanian pear. Tree vigorous and productive. 



Fruit large, elongated, obtuse-pyriforrn, angular and ribbed, 

 Skin yellow, thickly dotted with brown and grey dots and 

 sprinkled with russet. Stalk long, curved, enlarged and ribbed 

 at its insertion, generally in a depression. Calyx open, seg- 

 ments strong, in an exceedingly shallow basin. Flesh whitish, 

 granular, melting, with a brisk, vinous flavour. January to March 



