332 Pomological Notices ; 



38. Gendesheim. Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. 



VeJlaiHe'd'Ete, \ according to Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. 



The Gendesheim pear {Jig. 18) has but recently fruited 

 in this country ; our drawing is from a specimen given us in 



Fig. 18. Gendesheim Pear. 



the autumn of 1843, by the Hon. J. S. Cabot of Salem, whose 

 collection of pears is one of the most extensive in the country, 

 and whose specimens are always large and handsome. It is 

 stated by Mr. Thompson, in the Catalogue above quoted, to 

 be of the first size, and first rate, as well as hardy, and a 

 good bearer. Lindley states it to be of Flemish origin, and 

 cultivated as an open standard in the Garden of the London 

 Horticultural Society. 



Size^ large, two and three quarters inches long, and two 

 and a quarter inches in diameter : Form^ oblong, or obtusely 

 pyramidal, tapering in a swollen manner to the stem where 

 it ends obtusely : Skhi^ fair, smooth, pale yellowish green, 



