THE PEAR. 795 



cheek. Flesh yellowish, buttery, melting, and good, when the season 

 is favorable. Good. October. 



KlNGSESSING. 

 Leech's Kingsessing. 



Originated in the family burying-ground of Isaac Leech, near Phi- 

 ladelphia. Tree upright and of vigorous growth, with dark olive yel- 

 low brown shoots. Buds broadly shouldered, prominent. 



Fruit large, obtuse pyriform, greenish yellow, thickly sprinkled 

 with minute green or gray dots. Stalk medium or long, curved, and 

 fleshy at its insertion in a broad, uneven cavity. Calyx set in a large, 

 irregular, corrugated basin. Flesh whitish, somewhat coarse and gran- 

 ular, juicy, buttery, and melting, with a sweet perfumed flavor. Good 

 to very good. September. 



KING. 



King's Seedling. 



Medium size, oblate uneven, yellowish green, rough. Stalk in a 

 cavity. Calyx open. Basin shallow. Flesh greenish white, granular, 

 juicy, sugary, aromatic, perfumed. Good. October. 



Kirtland. 



KlRTLAND. 

 Kirtland's Seedling. Hadley. Kirtland's Seckel. Kirtland's Beurre. 



Raised by H. T. Kirtland, Poland, O. Tree moderately vigorous. 

 Young wood olive yellow brown. 



Fruit medium or below, obtusely obovate, sometimes obscurely pyri- 



