PEARS. 179 



form, round ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, juicy ; quality, 

 3 ; season, July, and sometimes August. 

 Eemarks. — Uncommonly subject to rot. i 



OSWBG^ BEUEEB, see Beurre Oswego. Color, dull 

 yellowish green, with marblings and patches of russet; 

 form, ovate obovato, or obovate rounded ; size, 2 ; use, 

 table ; texture, melting, juicy, sub-acid, sprightly ; qual- 

 ity, 1 ; season, September and October. 



Remarks. — Bears early on quince or pear roots. Amer- 

 ican origin. " Eather acid." — J. B. Eaton, Buffalo. 



OSBOEN". Origin, Economy, Indiana. 



Eemarks. — Fruit, small, ovate, short pyriform, greenish 

 yellow ; stem, about one inch long, set with two or more 

 fleshy ridges at base. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, sweet, 

 very little astringent. A very good Summer pear. In- 

 troduced first to notice here by A. H. Ernst. 



OTT PEAE. Form, rounded turbinate ; size, 3 ; use, 

 table; texture, juicy ; quality, 2 ; season, August. 



Eemarks.— Flavor aromatic, rich and sweet. Described 

 by Dr. Brinckle in Horticulturist, Philadelphia. Seedling 

 from the Seckel, and hardy and healthy like the parent 

 tree. Best, also, like it, grafted on the apple, leaving 

 part' of the branches of the stock or apple to grow. This 

 plan gives great size and healthy development to the 

 fruit, as advised by Mr. Sleath, formerly the very expe- 

 rienced and scientific pioneer gardener of Cincinnati and 

 IST. Longworth, and who did much here for horticulture, 

 at an early day. By this mode the too strong tendency 

 of the Seckel to grow to too much wood, is checked. 



Orange Berqamot. Color, yellow ; form, flat at blossom 



