416 GARDENING FOK THE SOUTH. 



curved, inserted in a small, abrupt, russet-lined cavity ; 

 calyx open, scarcely sunk in a slight basin ; flesh yellow- 

 ish, a little granular, melting, juicy, sugary, rich, and per- 

 fumed. One of the very finest, ripening a little later than 

 the Columbia. Georgia, the middle of September ; New 

 York, October and November. 



Belle Epine Dumas. Fruit medium or large, long-pyri- 

 fonn ; skin green, becoming greenish-yellow as it ripens, 

 with small brown dots, and at the South is generally 

 somewhat marked with russet about the base and stem ; 

 stalk long, rather stout, curved a little, swollen at the 

 base, inserted in a slight depression ; calyx small, partly 

 closed, in a shallow, regular basin ; flesh white, fine, melt- 

 ing, juicy, rich, sugary, and perfumed ; core medium, 

 with large, long, pointed seeds. Georgia, October ; New 

 York, November and December. 



Parsonage, Fruit medium or large, obovatc, inclining 

 to obtuse-pyriform ; skin warm yellow, rough, often shad- 

 ed with dull crimson, netted and thickly dotted with rus- 

 set; stalk short, stout, curved, fleshy at its insertion; 

 calyx open, with short, stiff segments, in a russeted, shal- 

 low basin ; flesh white, somewhat coarse, granular, sugary, 

 and refreshing. In Georgia it has kept until November. 

 Tree fruitful and healthy. 



BeiHTtf Gris d'Hiver NOTCau, Fruit medium to large, 

 obovate-truncate, obscurely pyriform ; skin pale yellow, 

 mostly overspread with golden russet, with a crimson 

 cheek ; stalk stout, inclined and curved, inserted by a lip, 

 or in a slight wrinkled depression ; calyx open, in a mod- 

 erate basin ; flesh somewhat granular, buttery, melting, 

 abundant in rich, sugary juice, with a peculiar aroma. 

 Georgia, October ; New York, November to February. 



Doyenne d' Alcneon* Fruit medium, varying from 

 roundish oval to obovate or pyriform ; skin rough yellow, 

 shaded with dull crimson, dotted thickly and sprinkled 



