554 THE PEAR. 



Fruit in size and shape resembling Dearborn's seedling. Co- 

 lour green, much blotched with russet. Flesh buttery and melt- 

 ing, with an excellent flavour. Season July, and ripens well in 

 the house. Has not proved good here. 



TJWCHLAN. 

 Dowlin. Round Top. 



Origin on the premises of widow Dowlin, Uwchlan township, 

 Pa., near the Brandywine. 



Fruit below medium, roundish, inclining to obovate. Skin 

 yellow, mostly covered with golden russet. Stalk long, curved, 

 in a slight depression. Calyx open, basin shallow. Flesh 

 white, melting, juicy, with a fine, aromatic flavour. If not pick- 

 ed early, it is disposed to rot at the core. Ripens last of Au- 

 gust. 



VAN BUREN. Wilder MS. 



An American seedling, raised by Governor Edwards, of 

 New Haven, for which we are indebted to Colonel Wilder, of 

 Boston. It is a most beautiful fruit, of second quality only for 

 the table, but very excellent for baking and preserving, and 

 kitchen use generally. 



Fruit large, obovate, rather flattened at the eye. Skin cleai 

 yellow, with a rich, orange-red blush next the sun, regularly 

 dotted with conspicuous, brownish specks, and slightly touched 

 with greenish and russet spots. Flesh white, crisp, sweet and 

 perfumed. 



VAN MARUM. Bivort. 



Grosse Calebasse of Langelier. Triomphe de Hasselt. 

 Triomphe de Nord. Beurre Van Marum. Bouteille. 



Fruit large, oblong-pyriform. Skin yellow, rarely with a 

 little red. Stalk rather long and slender, inserted in a flattened 

 cavity. Calyx large, set in a regular, shallow basin. Flesh 

 white, liable to rot at the core, half melting, not very juicy, but 

 sweet and pleasantly perfumed. October. 



VAUQUELIN. 



Poire Vauquelin. Poire Seutin ? 



Fruit medium, obovate, inclining to turbinate. Skin green, 

 netted, patched, and sprinkled with russet. Flesh granular, juicy, 

 melting, vinous, and perfumed. November to March. 



VAN ASSCHE. Bouvier. 

 Van Assene (erroneously). Van Asshe. 

 Tree very vigorous, productive ; young shoots reddish -brown. 



