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juicy, melting, and of fine flavor. Kipens nearly with the Bloodgood, 

 or middle of August. Shoots, straight, long, dark-brown. Tree bears 

 when young ; the fruit always fair and of first quality in nearly all 

 localities. 



Summer Frankrcal. — {Syn. Franc Real d'ete). Size medium, short- 

 obovate, slightly pyriform, with a very short, obtuse neck, body slightly 

 conical, or tapering to the crown ; green, becoming pale yellowish-green, 

 often a faint yellowish-brown blush; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, 

 thick, slightly sunk ; calyx closed, basin furrowed ; flesh white, fine- 

 grained, buttery, melting, rich, and fine. Late summer and early au- 

 tumn. Shoots and leaves rather downy, leaves large. 



AUTUMN PEARS.— White Doyenne.— (;Syw. butter pear of Pennsylvania, 

 Virgalieu of New York, St. Michael of Boston, yellow butter, white 

 beurre. Doyenne, Doyenne blanc.) Medium or rather large, regular 

 obovate, obtuse, sometimes remotely pyriform; surface pale yellow, 

 often a faint blush ; stalk about an inch long, scarcely sunk ; calyx 

 small, basin shallow; flesh of very fine texture, white, buttery, melting, 

 rich and excellent. Middle to late autumn. Shoots ascending, grayish 

 yellow ; leaves folded, recurved. It fails in many localities near Bos- 

 ton and elsewhere, but through inland New York and in most of the 

 Western states, it is unsurpassed in its excellent qualities of hardy growth, 

 fair fruit, delicious flavor and great productiveness ; many trees, with- 

 out receiving any care in cultivation, yielding ten or fifteen bushels of 

 perfect fruit in a single season. 



Gray Doyenne. — {Syn. Doyenn6 gris, gray butter pear, red Doyenn6, 

 Doyenne rouge, St. Michael Dore.) Size medium, obovate, often ap- 

 proaching turbinate ; whole surface a handsome smooth cinnamon rus- 

 set ; stalk half to three-fourths of an inch long, cavity quite narrow ; 

 calyx small, closed ; flesh with a very fine texture, very buttery, melt- 

 ing, rich, perfumed, delicious, excellent. Middle of autumn to winter. 

 Shoots yellowish or grayish brown, ascending. Fails on some localities. 



Benire BOSC, — {Syn. calebasse bosc.) Large, very distinct pyriform, 

 neck rather long and very narrow, acute ; body large oblate ; surface 

 nearly smooth, deep yellow, russeted in patches ; stalk an inch and a 

 half long, slender, curved ; basin very shallow ; flesh juicy, buttery, 

 rich, perceptibly perfumed, sweet, excellent. Mid-autumn. Growth 

 moderate, a regular, even bearer. Fails entirely on quince stocks. 

 Belgian. 



Seckel, — Small, obovate, sometimes obscurely obconic-pyriform, regu- 

 lar ; skin brownish-green, becoming rich yellowish-brown, with a deep 

 brownish-red cheek ; stalk one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, 

 cavity and basin small ; flesh very fine-grained, sweet, very juicy, melt- 

 ing, buttfery, the richest and highest-flavored pear known. Although 

 of slow growth, and small size, like the green gage among plums, it is 

 regarded as the standard of excellence. Its high musky perfume is not, 

 however, agreeable to all. Early mid-autumn. Shoots stout, short, 

 ascending, tree very hardy. Needs rich cultivation. Origin, near 

 Philadelphia, and succeeds well throughout the Northern, Middle and 

 Western gtates, and is remarkably free from the blight. 



Ionise Bonne of Jersey, — {Syn. Louise Bonne de Jersey, Louise Bonne 



