MOYAMENSING. 



Size Full medium. 



Form Round-obovate, somewhat irregular, 



Skin Lemon-yellow, with occasionally blotches and lines of russet. 



Stem Variable, usually about an inch long fleshy. 



Cdyx Rather small, set in a furrowed basin. 



Flesh Buttery, melting. 



Flavor Very pleasant. 



Maturity August . 



Leaf Medium size, petioles rather long. 



Wood Yellowish brown, with numerous light dots. 



HISTORY, ETC. 



This fine summer pear originated in the garden of the late J. B. Smith, Esq. of Philadel- 

 phia. His residence being in the District of Moyamensing, induced the Pennsylvania Horti- 

 cultural Society in 1845, to name it Smith's Moyamensing. The original tree is seventy or 

 eighty years old, and has always been a constant and uniform bearer. 



