Descriptions of Six varieties of Pears. 175 



Size, large, three inches long, and three inches in diame- 

 ter : Form, pyramidal, full and broad around the eye, taper- 



Fig. 1 1 . Frederic of Wurtemherg Pear. 



ing regularly into the stem : Skin, slightly uneven, pale yel- 

 low, broadly suffused on the sunny side with bright crimson, 

 approaching to vermilion, through which appear small whitish 

 dots, the surface having a few scattered patches of russet ; 

 Stem, medium length, about an inch, knobby, fleshy at the 

 base, where it is somewhat wrinkled, appearing a continuation 

 of the fruit : Eye, medium size, closed, and slightly depressed ; 

 segments of the calyx round and short : Flesh, white, fine, 

 melting and buttery : Flavor, rich and excellent, with an 

 agreeable perfume : Core, large : Seeds, very large, light 

 brown. Ripe in September and October. The wood grows 

 very strong and upright, of a yellow color, and it comes into 

 bearing quite early. 



33. DucHEssE DE Mars. Hort. Soc. Cat. 2d and 3d Editions. 



The Duchess of Mars {fig. 12) is a pear of rather recent 

 introduction to notice, and we do not find it anywhere des- 



