THE PEAR. 791 



cinnamon red and reddish specks. Stalk long, slender. Cavity narrow, 

 small. Flesh white, melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, slightly perfumed. 

 November. (An. Pom.) 



JEAN DE WITTE, 

 Dial. Beurre de Hamptienne. Passe Colmar FranQois. 



Tree vigorous, upright grower. Young shoots very dark olive. 



Fruit medium, roundish obovate pyriform, yellowish green, dotted, 

 sprinkled, and netted with russet, and slightly shaded with fawn or 

 crimson in the sun. Stalk long, curved, inclined, set in a small cav- 

 ity. Calyx open. Segments stiff. Basin rather abrupt. Flesh white, 

 juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant. Good to very good. November, De- 

 cember. 



JEFFERSON. 



Origin, Mississippi. Tree very vigorous, an early bearer, and very 

 productive. 



Fruit large, roundish obtuse pyriform, straw color, shaded with red 

 in the sun, and dotted with small green dots. Flesh white, not juicy, 

 sweet, coarse, decays quickly at core, not high-flavored. August. 



JERSEY GRATIOLI. 

 Gracioli of Jersey. Bedminster Gratioli. Norris Pear. 



Originated in the Isle of Jersey. Tree a moderately vigorous grower 

 and a good bearer. Young wood short-jointed, dull reddish brown. 



Fruit medium, roundish obovate pyriform, greenish yellow, netted 

 and patched with russet, many brown russet dots. Stalk short, rather 

 stout, inclined, in a small cavity, russeted. Calyx, open. Segments rather 

 long and slender, recurved. Basin abrupt, deep, uneven. Flesh whitish^, 

 juicy, melting, rich vinous. Very good. September. 



JOHN GRIFFITH. 



Originated in Westchester Co., N. Y. 



Fruit medium, roundish obovate obtuse pyriform, greenish yel- 

 low, with many brown dots, and some nettings and patches of russet. 

 Flesh whitish, coarse, not very juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant. Good. 

 September. 



JOHONNOT. 



Franklin. 



Originated in the garden of George S. Johonnot, Esq., of Salem, 

 Mass. 



The fruit is of medium size, of a roundish and peculiar irregular 

 form, dull yellowish. Stalk short and thick, planted by the side of a 

 swollen protuberance. The flesh is melting, buttery, and good. Septem- 

 ber, October. 



