226 AUTT/MN PEARS. 



the shade, deep red in the 'sun ; flesh melting, of good 

 flavor. Ripens late autumn. Tree vigorous. New. 



Urbaniste. (Syn. Beurre Piquery.) Eather large, ob- 

 conic-pyriform, obtuse and short, often approaching obo- 

 vate ; skin pale yellow or greenish, faintly russeted; stalk 

 an inch long, stout, moderately and sometimes conside- 

 rably sunk ; calyx erect or closed ; basin distinct, even ; 

 flesh melting, buttery, with a fine, delicious perfumed fla- 

 vor, and a perceptible shade of acid. In unfavorable 

 localities, it is sometimes hardly first-rate. Middle and 

 late autumn. Does not come soon into bearing. Flemish. 



Van Mons Leon le Clerc. Large, long pyriform, or 

 rather oblong-obconic pyriform, obtuse ; surface yellowish 

 green, slightly russeted; stalk an inch and a fourth long, 

 stout, little sunk ; calyx small, basin very shallow; flesh 

 fine-grained, yellowish white, buttery, melting, rich, fine 

 Ripens middle and late autumn. A native of Laval, iv. 

 France. The value of this fine new pear is diminished 

 by its liability to crack and canker. Fig. 215. 



Section II. — Medium in size. 



Amande Double. Size medium, pyriform ; skin yellow and 

 bright red ; stalk short, fleshy at insertion ; flesh coarse, 

 sweet, tender, second or third-rate, rarely good. Early 

 autumn. Belgian. 



Andrews. {Syn. Amory, Gibson.) Medium or rather 

 large, distinct pyriform, somewhat obconic, often slightly 

 one-sided ; skin thick, dull yellowish-green, with a broad, 

 dull red cheek ; stalk about an inch long, curved, scarcely 

 sunk ; basin shallow, sometimes deep ; flesh greenish, 

 very juicy, melting,- of a fine, pleasant, agreeable flavor. 

 On some localities not first-rate. Ripens early in autumn. 

 Very productive and fair. Shoots diverging. Origin, 

 Dorchester, Mass. 



Angleterre. (Syn. English Beurre, of Lind., Beurre 1 d'An- 

 gleterre.) Medium size, obconic-pyriform, acute, regular 

 skin thick, dull light green, thickly dotted with russet 

 with a thin brownish russet cheek ; stalk about an inch 



