Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 455 



The tree is of moderately vigorous growth, upright, and 

 somewhat thorny, with brownish oHve wood, and medium- 

 sized, bright greenish leaves. 



Size, large, about three inches long, and three broad : 

 Form, roundish obovate, somewhat angular, broad near the 

 crown, obtuse at the stem : Skm, fair, smooth, clear lemon 

 yellow when mature, beautifully tinged with red on the sunny 

 side, and thickly dotted with prominent russet specks : Stem, 

 medium length, about three quarters of an inch long, stout, 

 fleshy at the base, and obliquely inserted without any cavity : 

 Eye, medium size, open, and rather deeply sunk in a large, 

 round, open basin ; segments of the calyx, long, narrow, pro- 

 jecting : Flesh, yellowish white, coarse, melting, and very 

 juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, sprightly, perfumed and excel- 

 lent : Core, large, slightly gritty : Seeds, medium size, obo- 

 vate, sharply pointed. Ripe in September and October. 



160. Ott. Magazine of Horticidtiire, Vol. XY, p. 105. 

 Ott's Seedling, of some catalogues. 



The Ott (Jig. 33) is another variety to which cultivators 

 are indebted to Dr. Brinckle for bringing it to notice. In the 

 summer of 1848, he sent several fine specimens to the Mass. 

 Hort. Soc, which were tried by the Fruit Committee and 

 pronounced of the highest merit. Dr. Brinckle then sent it 

 under the name of Ott's Seedling, and we so called it in a 

 description we gave of it in the Magazine of Horticulture ; 

 subsequently he described it in the Horticulturist, where he 

 called it simply the Ott, which is now generally adopted. 



Every fine early pear is a decided acquisition ; for it is just 

 before the Bartlett comes in that there is, at present, a dearth 

 of good sorts. The Ott and the Brandywine are therefore far 

 more valuable than if they were September or October fruits, 

 when we have an abundance of large ones, which would 

 throw these smaller kinds aside, no matter how choice their 

 quality. The size of the Ott is rather small, but it comes 

 nearer to the flavor of the Seckel than any other variety we 

 have seen. 



The Ott is a seedling of the Seckel, and originated with 



