THE PEAR. 545 



SOUVERAINE d'EtE. 



Fruit medium, obovate, obconic, truncate. Skin light yellow, 

 with numerous dots, w^hich are crimson on the sunny side. 

 Stalk short, in a narrow cavity, frequently by a lip. Calyx par- 

 tially closed, basin medium. Flesh whitish, juicy and melting. 

 Flavour sugary, vinous, rich. Ripens first of September. 



Sterling. Hov. Mag. 

 De Mott. 



Origin, Livingston Co., N. Y. ; grown from seed brought from 

 Connecticut. Tree vigorous, upright, young wood yellowish- 

 brown, an early bearer, and productive. 



Fruit medium, nearly round, slightly oval, very obscurely py- 

 riform. Skin yellow, sometimes with a few small patches of rus- 

 set, and on the sunny side a mottled crimson cheek. Stalk ra- 

 ther stout, inserted in a slight cavity by a ring. Calyx open, in 

 a shallow, rather uneven basin. Flesh rather coarse, juicy, 

 melting, with a very sugary, brisk flavour. Ripens last of Au- 

 gust, and first of September. 



Stevens' Genesee. Man. Thomp. 



Guernsey. Pom. Mm. Stevens' Genesee. 

 Louis de Prusse ? 



This admi- 

 rable pear, 

 combining in 

 some degree 

 the excel- 

 lence of the 

 Doyenne and 

 Bergamotte, 

 is reputed to 

 be a seedling 

 of Western 

 New - York. 

 It originated 

 on the farm 

 of Mr. F. Ste- 

 vens, of Li- 

 ma, Livina;s- 

 ton Co., N. Y. 

 Altho' placed 

 among au- 

 tmnn pears, 

 it frequently 

 ripens here 

 at the end of 

 August Stevens' Genesee. 



