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crown, narrowing to the stem, where it ends obtusely : Ski?ij 

 fair, smooth, greenish yellow, with a few scattered patches 

 of russet, and dotted with small russet specks : Stem, shorty 

 about half an inch long, rather slender, and slightly inserted 

 in a small cavity : Eye, small, open, and considerably de- 

 pressed in an open and rather deep basin ; segments of the 

 calyx short, stiff, projecting : Flesh, yellowish, rather coarse, 

 melting, and juicy : Flavor, sprightly, sugary, perfumed and 

 excellent : Core, small : Seeds, medium size, short, plump. 

 Ripe in October and keeps some time. 



123, Styrian. Hort. Soc. Catalogue, 3d Ed., 1842. 



The Styrian, (fig. 17,) though enumerated in the Cata- 

 logue of the London Horticultural Society as long ago as 

 1832, does not seem to have been much known to pomo- 

 logical writers. Lindley does not mention it, and neither 

 Prince, in the Pomological Manual, or Kenrick, in the first 

 edition of the Orchardist, notice it. The late Mr. R. Man- 

 ning, of Salem, was the first to make this, as he was numer- 

 ous others, known to cultivators. In our volume for 1837 

 (III, p. 47) he gave a brief account of it, where he states he 

 received " the scions from England, and that its origin was 

 unknown." It first fruited in the Pomological Garden in 

 1836, but the season was so unfavorable that the pears did 

 not mature so as to judge of their quality. 



Since that time its cultivation has extended, but it is still 

 very little known. We suspect its merits have been over- 

 looked. It is a great bearer, a vigorous and handsome 

 growing tree, and the fruit, which is of good size, has a 

 brilliant red cheek, keeps well, and though not perhaps com- 

 ing up to the character of a first-rate pear, is so near it that 

 its combined qualities entitle it to a prominent place in every 

 good collection. It often, like the Passe Colmar, bears a 

 second crop, but the fruit does not attain maturity. In the 

 present unfavorable season, when so many sorts have 

 blighted and been rendered quite worthless, the Styrian is 

 unusually fair throughout the entire tree. The tree has an 

 upright and handsome habit, and bears young. 



