232 AUTUMN PEARS. 



flavor. Partially fails in many localities; needs rich, 

 high cultivation. Wood short-jointed, flexuous, leave? 

 folded. Fig. 200. 



Capucin. ' Rather large, oval, sometimes ohtuse turbinate ; 

 surface greenish, becoming pale yellow ; slightly russeted 

 at ends, reddened next the sun; stalk nearly an inch long, 

 cavity obtuse ; basin deep, narrow, irregular ; flesh green- 

 ish, juicy, crisp, rather rich ; second-rate. Mid-autumn. 

 Belgian. 



Chapman. Rather large, obovate, sometimes slightly pyri- 

 form, obtuse, largest at the middle, tapering each way ; 

 surface clear lemon yellow ; stalk nearly two inches long, 

 cavity shallow, wrinkled ; calyx erect, basin ribbed ; flesh 

 yellowish-white, very juicy, half breaking, rather acid; 

 sometimes astringent ; second-rate. Pa. 



Chancellor. Large, obovate, green ; stalk an inch long, 

 rather thick, cavity small, irregular ; calyx small, basin 

 contracted ; flesh melting, rich, very agreeable. Ripens 

 about mid-autumn. Origin, Germantown, Pa. New. 



Copia. Large, broad-turbinate, acute ; yellow slightly rus- 

 seted ; stalk long, stout, fleshy at insertion ; calyx large, 

 basin slightly furrowed ; flesh coarse, juicy, rather rich. 

 Mid-autumn. Origin, Philadelphia. 



Dunmore. Large, oblong-obovate ; surface greenish, with 

 dots of brownish red russet ; stalk an inch and a half long, 

 stout, fleshy at insertion, scarcely sunk in the obtuse and 

 rounded base ; calyx small, deep-set ; flesh buttery, melt- 

 ing, rich, good, but not first-rate. Early autumn. Eng- 

 lish, raisedby Knight. 



Flemish Beauty. (Syn. Belle de Flandres.^ Large ; obo- 

 vate, often obscurely tapering to the crown, very obtuse ; 

 surface slightly rough, with some reddish brown russet on 

 pale yellow ground ; stalk an inch and a quarter long, 

 rather slender, cavity round, deep, narrow, often acumi- 

 nate, rim obtusely rounded ; basin small, round ; flesh 

 juicy, melting, often with a very rich, sweet, and excel- 

 lent flavor, but variable, and sometimes not high-flavored; 

 needs house-ripening. Shoots dark brown, growth vigo- 



