198 Description of Select Varieties of Pears. 



passed by any of its season, which is in November, It is one 

 of Esperin's seedlings, and was introduced to notice by 

 Van Houtte, who describes it in his catalogue as ripening 

 from December to March. Our tree produced a heavy crop, 

 which ripened off before December ; but, as is the case fre- 

 quently with some varieties, owing to the warm summer and 

 heavy crop, they may have ripened prematurely. 



The tree is a good grower, bears well, and forms a hand- 



Fig. 14. Grand Soliel. 



some pyramid on the pear. We have not cultivated it on the 

 quince. Wood dark olive yellow, short jointed, and moder- 

 ately stout ; tree erect and regularly branched. 



Size^ medium, about three inches long, and nearly three 

 in diameter : Form, roundish, largest about the middle, 

 rounding off a little to each end : Skiyi, slightly rough, clear 

 pale cinnamon russet, showing in places a yellow ground, 

 dotted with a few scattered dark russet specks, and tinged with 

 dull red on the sunny side : Stem^ medium length, about one 



