THE PEAR. 



737 



and patched with russefc. Stalk long, inserted in a very slight cavity by 

 a fleshy ring. Calyx closed, set in a rather broad, shallow basin. Mesh 

 whitish, coarse, and granular, juicy, buttery, melting, with a very sweet, 

 aromatic perfumed flavor. Good to very good. Ripe last of August 

 and first of September. 



Dix. 



Dix. 



Lewis, erroneously of the French. 



The Dix is, unquestionably, a fruit of the highest excellence, and 

 deserves the attention of all planters. It is one of the hardiest of pear- 

 trees, but the tree does not come into bearing until it has attained con- 

 siderable size. The young branches are dull olive yellow brown, upright, 

 and slender. The original tree stands in the garden of Madam Dix, 

 Boston. It bore for the first time in 1826. 



47 



