THE PEAR. 873 



ish yellow, shaded, mottled, and dotted with crimson, and thickly covered 

 with conspicuous brown dots. Stalk curved, inclined, set in a shallow 

 cavity, sometimes by a lip. Calyx partially closed. Segments short, 

 erect. Basin abrupt, large, deep, slightly corrugated. Flesh white, 

 juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant. Good to very good. September. 



VAN BUREN. 



An American seedling, raised by Governor Edwards, of New Haven, 

 Conn. Only valuable for cooking. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate. Skin clear yellow, with a rich 

 orange-red blush next the sun, regularly dotted with conspicuous brown- 

 ish specks, and slightly touched with greenish and russet spots. Flesh 

 white, crisp, sweet. October. 



VAN DEVENTER. 



Origin, New Jersey. Tree very vigorous, very productive. 



Fruit rather small, oblong ovate pyriform, greenish yellow, shaded 

 with brownish red in the sun, with many gray and green dots. Stalk 

 inclined, inserted by a lip, and sometimes rings. Calyx partially closed. 

 Basin shallow. Flesh whitish, juicy, tender, half melting, sweet, plea- 

 sant. Good. Middle August. 



VAN DE WEYER BATES. 



Vandeweyer Bates. 



Fruit below medium, roundish obovate, pale lemon yellow, covered 

 with small brown dots, and a few veins of the same color. Calyx large, 

 open. Flesh yellow, buttery, juicy, rich, sugary, with a pleasant aroma. 

 One of the finest late Pears. March to May. (Hogg.) 



VAN MARUM. 



Beurre Van Marum. Calebasse Carafon. 



Grosse Calebasse du Nord. Calebasse Monstre. 



Bouteille. Calebasse Monstrueuse du Nord. 



Monstrueuse du Nord. Calebasse Royale. 



Triomphe du Nord. Calebasse de Holland. 



Triomphe de Hasselt. Calebasse Imperiale. 



Poire Van Marum. Calebasse du Nord. 



Calebasse de Nerckman's. Calebasse Monstrueuse. 



Originated with Van Mons. Tree a vigorous grower, productive. 

 Young wood reddish brown. 



Fruit large to very large, oblong pyriform. Skin yellow, rarely with 

 a little red. Stalk rather long and slender, inserted in a flattened cavity. 

 Calyx large, set in a regular shallow basin. Flesh white, liable to rot at 

 the core, half melting, not very juicy, but sweet and pleasantly perfumed. 

 Good. October. 



VAN MONS LEON LE CLERC. 



Van Mons Leon le Clerc was originated by M. Leon le Clerc, an 

 amateur cultivator, of Laval, in France, who, in naming it, desired to 

 couple his own name with that of his friend, Dr. Van Mons " le grand 

 pretre de Pomona." Its young shoots are strong, upright, olive-colored. 



