THE PEAR. 549 



little curved, and placed in a slight, flattened depression. Ca' 

 lyx large, open, firm, and nearly without divisions, set in a 

 smooth, nearly flat basin. Flesh yellowish-white, juicy, melt- 

 ing, with a sweet, somewhat \anous, and very agreeable flavour. 

 November to March. 



St. Menin. 

 Omer Pacha. 

 Fruit large, elongated pyriform. Colour yellowish-green, 

 \Yitli fawn about the crown, russet surrounding tlie stem, and 

 thickly dotted all over. Stem of moderate length, inserted in 

 an even cavity. Calyx small, basin shallow. Flesh melting, 

 juicy, excellent. Ripens from the 10th to the end of Septem- 

 ber. (L. E. Berckman's MS.) 



Sullivan. Man. in H. M. 



Van Mons, No. 889. 



Sent to this country by Van Mons, and named by Mr. Man- 

 ning. Young shoots slender, diverging, reddish-brown. Fruit 

 of medium size, oblong-pyriform. Skin pale greenish-yellow. 

 Stalk an inch and a half long, stout, inserted at the tapering, 

 pointed end. Flesh juicy, melting, sweet and pleasant. Sep- 

 tember. 



Supreme de Quimper. C. H. A. 



Tree vigorous and productive. Friiit medium or small, obco- 

 nic, obovate. Skin fine, clear yellow, richly shaded with red, 

 somewhat specked and netted with russet. Stalk rather short, 

 obliquely inserted, without cavity, by a slight appearance of a 

 lip. Calyx open or partially closed; basin shallow. Flesh 

 whitish, juicy, melting, sweet and perfumed. Ripe early in 

 August — should be gathered very early, or becomes dry. 



SURPASSE MeURIS. 



Tree vigorous. Fruit medium, depressed, pyramidal. Skin 

 rough, entirely covered with russet. Flesh whitish, melting 

 and juicy, sweet and vinous, with a peculiar flavour. Ripens 

 middle of October. (Al. Pom.) 



Surpasse Crassane. 



A new seedling of Van Mons. Fruit greatly resembles the 

 old Crassane. Tree vigorous and healthy, both on pear and 

 quince, and is much more productive than the old variety, 

 which it surpasses. 



