PEARS. 383 



Ripe the beginning of October, and will keep a month. 

 This succeeds on the Pear, but not at all on the 

 Quince. 



101. SECKLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 256. t. 9- 

 Pom. Mag. t. 72. 



New York Red Cheek. Hort. Soc. Cat. 432. 



Sycle, 1 of some Collections, accord- 



Red-cheeked Seckle, J ing to the Pom. Mag. 



Fruit rather small, somewhat turbinate, a little com- 

 pressed towards the stalk, about two inches and three 

 quarters long, and two inches and a quarter in diameter. 

 Eye small, open, with a very short calyx, prominently 

 placed on the convex apex. Stalk half an inch long, 

 obliquely inserted in a small cavity. Skin dull brown, 

 or brownish green, with a very bright red cheek. Flesh 

 tender, juicy, melting, peculiarly rich and high-flavoured, 

 with a powerful but most agreeable aroma, totally dif- 

 ferent from that usually perceived in perfumed Pears. 



Ripe the middle and end of October. 



This beautiful and excellent little Pear ranks among 

 the richest of the American varieties. An account of it 

 was transmitted by Dr. Hosack, of New York, to the 

 Horticultural Society in 181 9> extracted from COXE'S 

 work on American Fruit Trees, p. 189. It bears its 

 fruit in clusters at the ends of the branches, is very hardy 

 as an open standard, ripening its fruit with certainty; 

 but they do not keep in perfection more than a few days. 



102. SWAN'S EGG. Langley, t. 64. f. 4. Of all 

 English Gardens. 



Fruit small, of an oval, turbinate figure, about two 

 inches long, and one inch and three quarters in diameter. 

 Eye small, with a very short calyx, prominently placed 

 on the apex, surrounded by a few wrinkled plaits. Stalk 

 three quarters of an inch long, slender, somewhat ob- 

 liquely inserted, with but little cavity. Skin greenish 

 yellow, covered on the sunny side with dull brown, inter- 



