AUTUMN PEARS. 237 



buttery, sweet, with a second-rate, sometimes nearly first 

 rate flavor. Late autumn. Belgian. 



Cusking. Medium or rather large, obovate, somewhat ob 

 conic ; surface light greenish yellow, rarely a dull red 

 cheek ; stalk an inch long, cavity abrupt ; basin rathei 

 shallow ; flesh fine grained, buttery, melting, with a fine 

 flavor — nearly first-rate. Eipens in the early part of au- 

 tumn. Shoots spreading. Very productive. Origin, 

 Hingham, Mass. 



Dallas. Size medium ; obovate, slightly obconic-pyriform 

 dull yellow, often much russeted; stalk an inch long, 

 not sunk ; basin round, slightly wrinkled ; segments 01 

 the calyx rounded, stiff"; flesh fine-grained, melting, juicy, 

 good. Eipens late-autumn. Conn. 



De Louvain. Medium size, obovate-obconic, approaching 

 pyriform ; surface light yellow, faintly russeted, with 

 ruddy dots to the sun ; stalk an inch long, stout, oblique, 

 not sunk ; basin very narrow, shallow ; flesh buttery, 

 melting, rich, good. Ripens through mid-autumn. Bel- 

 gian. 



Doyenne Boussock. (Syn. Doyenne Boussouck Nouvelle.) 

 Large, thick obovate, obconic, sometimes slightly pyri- 

 form, slightly uneven ; surface bright lemon yellow when 

 ripe, partly russeted, sometimes a slight reddish cheek ; 

 stalk stout, about an inch long, varying, sometimes fleshy, 

 often oblique ; basin very shallow, even; flesh buttery, 

 melting, very juicy, with a first-rate flavor, resembling 

 the White Doyenne, but not equal to it in quality. New. 

 The Gray Doyenne has been cultivated to some extent 

 under this name. Fig. 176. 



Duchesse de Mars. Size medium or rather small ; obovate, 

 slightly pyriform ; skin dull yellow, partly russeted ; stalls 

 an inch long, scarcely sunk on the rounded base ; calyx 

 closed, basin very small ; flesh melting and juicy, rather 

 rich. Eipens late autumn. A second-rate fruit. French. 



Dun&as. Size medium ; short turbinate, sometimes obovate, 

 base flattened ; skin yellow, with a brilliant blush ; stalk 

 an inch long, stout, not sunk ; calyx small, basin wide, 



