SUMMER PEARS 215 



Vallee Franche. Size medium, obovate or turbinate, acute; 

 pale green, becoming pale yellowish green ; stalk an inch 

 long, not sunk ; basin shallow ; flesh white, rather coarse, 

 juicy, with a simply sweet, third-rate flavor. End of sum- 

 mer. Valueless. 



Tyson pear, of the preceding class, often approaches this in 

 outline. 



Section III. — Small. 



Amire Joannet. (Syn. Early Sugar, St. John's pear, Joan- 

 ette._) Small ; roundish obovate or turbinate, with a very 

 small and short neck; light green becoming yellow, usually 

 with a reddish brown cheek, and with conspicuous red 

 dots ; stalk an inch and a quarter long, fleshy at inser- 

 tion ; calyx large, not sunk ; pleasant and moderately 

 juicy, becoming dry, and with a sweet, second or third 

 rate flavor. Eipens about a week before wheat harvest, 

 and is the earliest pear known, which comprises its merit. 

 Growth stout, upright, vigorous, leaves flat, tree very pro- 

 ductive, bearing when young. Fig. 162. 



■ Dearborn's Seedling. Scarcely medium in size, obovate 

 turbinate, regular, smooth ; surface clear yellow, with 

 minute specks ; stalk an inch long, sunk little or none , 

 basin very shallow ; flesh very fine grained, juicy, melt- 

 ing, and of fine flavor. Eipens nearly with the Bloodgood, 

 or middle of 8 mo., (Aug.) Shoots straight, long, dark 

 brown. Tree bears when young ; the fruit always fair 

 and of first quality in nearly all localities. Fig. 166. 



Edward's Henrietta. Size, a little below medium ; obovate, 

 crown flattened ; *stalk set on the rounded point of the 

 neck ; skin smooth, pale yellowish green, dots few ; stalk 

 an inch and a half long, cavity small or none; calyx 

 closed, basin shallow, faintly plaited, melting, juicy, sub- 

 acid, with a good second-rate flavor. Very productive. 

 Late summer. Origin, New Haven, Conn. 



Green Chisel. Small, nearly round, color green; stalk 

 three-fourths of an inch long, scarcely sunk ; calyx rather 

 large, crumpled; flesh juicy, slightly gritty, sweet, of 

 second or third-rate flavor. Late summer Shoots erect. 



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