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with a nearly sweet, sometimes faintly subacid, perfumed, fine, mod- 

 erately rich flavor. Ripens in the end of summer and beginning of 

 autumn ; and far north, is strictly an autumn pear. The fruit, when not 

 fully grown, ripens and becomes of good quality if kept in the house a 

 week or two. Growth ere^t, vigorous, leaves folded, slightly recurved ; 

 shoots yellowish. Tree very productive and bears very young. Al- 

 though not of the first class as to flavor, the many fine qualities of this 

 pear render it a general favorite. 



Tyson. — Size medium, often rather large, obconic-pyriform, sometimes 

 approaching obconic-obovate; bright yellow, with a reddish-brown softly- 

 shaded cheek, often some russet ; stalk an inch and a fourth long, in- 

 serted into a fleshy prominence abruptly contracted from the rounded 

 neck ; basin very shallow, even ; flesh of fine texture, buttery, very melt- 

 ing, juicy ; flavor nearly sweet, aromatic, slightly perfumed, excellent. 

 Ripens the last two weeks of summer. Shoots quite dark-brown, erect, 

 vigorous. The tree does not come soon into bearing. Pennsylvania. 



Bostiezer. — Rather small, sometimes medium in size ; obconic-pyriform, 

 approaching obovate, regular ; skin dull brownish-green, with a dark, 

 dull, reddish-brown cheek to the sun, with whitish specks and traces of 

 thin russet ; stalk an inch and a half to two inches long, slender, scarcely 

 sunk; basin little or none ; flesh, juicy, molting, sweet, with a very high 

 perfumed flavor, of high excellence. Ripens late in summer. For rich 

 flavor it has scarcely an equal among summer pears. Shoots dark. 



Madeleine. — {Syn. Citron des Cannes, Magdelen, green chisel, incor- 

 rectly.) Medium in size, obconic-obovate, obscurely pyriform; skin 

 smooth, pale yellowish-green, rarely a faint brownish blush; stalk slen- 

 der, an inch and a half long, cavity very narrow and small ; basin very 

 shallow; flesh very juicy and melting, usually faintly acid, with an agreea- 

 ble, delicate, fine, refreshing flavor. Matures about mid-summer, or at the 

 time of wheat harvest. Needs house-ripening. Shoots straight, erect, 

 greenish, growth vigorous ; tree rather liable to blight. Leaves quite flat. 



Summer Doyenne. — (Syn. Doyenne d'Et6). Small; round-obovate, 

 slightly turbinate ; stalk an inch or an inch and a fourth long, rather 

 stout, slightly oblique, not sunk ; basin very shallow ; skin a fine yellow, 

 with a warm cheek brightly reddened at the crown ; and with radiating 

 stripes of greenish-yellow from the calyx ; flesh melting, juicy, sweet, 

 with a pleasant but not high flavor. Skin thin ; core small ; seeds 

 small, white. Ripens with the Madeleine, and nearly equal to it in 

 quality. Tree bears very young. Shoots slender, reddish-brown. New. 



BloodgOOd. — Size medium ; turbinate, approaching obovate, base con- 

 tracted abruptly to the stalk ; yellow, touched with russet ; stalk fleshy 

 at insertion, an inch and a fourth long, set' on the rounded base with- 

 out depression ; calyx scarcely sunk ; flesh yellowish-white, buttery and 

 melting, with a fine, rich, aromatic flavor. Sometimes rots at the core. 

 On some soils the fiavor becomes poor and insipid. Ripens immedi- 

 ately after jargonelle and skinless, or the first half of August. Like all 

 early pears, it is best if house-ripened. 



Dearborn's Seedling. — Scarcely medium in size, obovate turbinate, reg- 

 ular, smooth ; surface clear yellow, with minute specks ; stalk an inch 

 long, sunk little or none, basin very shallow ; flesh very fine-grained, 



