THE PEAR. 803 



allowed a place there, chiefly because it is the earliest of all Pears, rip- 

 ening at the beginning of July. 



Fruit very small, turbinate, yellow, with a dull red cheek. Flesh 

 breaking, sweet, with a slight musk flavor. Good. Very productive. 



LIVINGSTON YIRGALIEU. 



An old variety, somewhat grown along the Hudson River, origin 

 unknown. 



Fruit medium, roundish obovate, greenish yellow, patched and dot- 

 ted with russet. Stalk short. Calyx small, open. Flesh whitish, 

 juicy, nearly melting, sweet, pleasant. Good. September. 



LOCKE. 

 Locke's New Beurre. 



This is a native fruit, originated by James Locke, West Cambridge, 

 Mass. 



Fruit medium, roundish obovate, dull yellowish green, slightly 

 mottled with spots of darker green and bits of russet. Flesh greenish 

 white, melting, and juicy, with a sprightly vinous flavor. Good. 

 November and December. 



LODGE. 

 Smith's Bordenave. 



The Lodge Pear is a native of Pennsylvania, and is understood to 

 have originated near Philadelphia. It is a very agreeable subacid Pear, 

 and has so much of the Brown Beurre character, that we suspect it is 

 a seedling of that fine old variety. 



Fruit of medium size, pyriform, tapering to the stem, and one-sided, 

 greenish brown, the green becoming a little paler at maturity, and much 

 covered with patches of dull russet. Stalk an inch and a fourth long, 

 obliquely planted at the point of the fruit, which is a little swollen 

 there. Flesh whitish, a little gritty at the core, which is large, juicy, 

 and melting, with a rather rich flavor, relieved by pleasant acid. Very 

 Good. September and October. 



LONDON SUGAR. 



An English Pear, described by Lindley. 



Fruit small, pyriform, pale yellow with a brownish tinge in sun. 

 Flesh tender, melting, sweet. Good. Last of July. 



LONG GREEN. 

 Verte Longue. Mouille Bouche. Mouthwater. 



An old variety, described by Duhamel. Tree very vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit small, obovate acute pyriform. Stalk of medium length, 

 nearly perpendicularly inserted. Calyx small, almost without basin. 

 Skin remains green when fully ripe. Flesh melting, juicy, with a plea- 

 sant spicy flavor. Good. September. 



