THE PEAR, 



Sit 



Brandywine.* Size medium ; conic-pyriform (Tyson-shaped), neck 

 acute; smooth, dull yellowish-green, partly russeted, crown 

 thickly russeted ; stalk three-fourths to an inch and a half long, 

 fleshy at insertion ; flesh white, very juicy and melting, of fine 

 flavor. Leaves rather small, shoots pale olive, vigorous, up- 

 right ; tree not very productive. Ripens in August. A native of 

 Delaware County, Pa. Grows well on the quince. Fig. 656. 



Clapp's Favorite.* Large, pyriform, body large tapering to the 

 crown, neck rather small ; skin smooth, yellowish-green becoming 

 yellow, dotted and shaded with red to the sun ; stalk rather short. 



Fig. 685.— Madeleine. 



Fig. 686.— Tyson. 



Fig. 690, 

 Rostiezer. 



stout ■ calyx partly closed, basin small-wrinkled ; flesh greenish or 

 yellowish white, juicy, melting, perfumed, of very good quality. 

 Ripens just before the Bartlett. Young shoots dark purple, growth 

 strong and vigorous, resembling that of the Flemish Beauty, 

 with which and the Bartlett it is supposed to be a cross. The fruit 

 should be picked before it is fully ripe, or it will decay at the 

 centre. Popular everywhere. Massachusetts. 

 Giffard * Medium, pyriform, slightly Bosc-shaped, but shorter ; skin 

 Kreenish-yellow. marbled red on the sunny side ; stalk rather 

 long, calyx closed, basin small; flesh ]uicy, melting, slightly 

 vinous, exceedingly agreeable. Middle of August. Shoots slen- 

 der, reddish purple, growth straggling. Fig. 687. France. 

 Julienne. Size medium : slightly pyriform, approaching obovate 

 ■* reCTlar- whole surface clear yellow; stalk an inch long, rather 

 stout- cavitv small; calyx small, erect, or closed; basin rather 

 IhaUowTflesh half buttery, sweet, of good flavor but often poor 

 on hervy soils. Late summer. Shoots ye lowish Productive, 

 and bears when very young. Proves fine at the South. 



