THE PEAR. 



SOUVENIR D'ESPEREN. 



857 



This seedling Pear of Major Esperen's proves one of the very best, 

 either for amateur or market cultivation. Tree vigorous, healthy, hardy, 

 and productive, and holds its foliage well and late. Young wood olive 

 reddish yellow brown. 



.Fruit large, oblong pyriform. Surface uneven. Skin greenish yel- 

 low, mostly covered with dull rough russet, especially around the stalk 



Souvenir d'Esperen. 



and calyx. Stalk long, inclined, set in a slight cavity, sometimes by a 

 lip. Calyx open. Segments medium, erect, sometimes a little recurved. 

 Basin small, narrow, uneven. Flesh yellowish, juicy, vinous, aromatic. 

 Very good. October, November. 



SOUVENIR DE LA HEINE DES BELGES. 



A Belgian Pear seedling of M. Gregoire. Tree vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit above medium, acute pyriform, pale yellow, tinged with crim- 

 son brown in sun, patched and dotted with thin russet. Stalk short. 



