248 AtJTUMN PEARS. 



Bezi de la Motte. Rather large, often only medium, round- 

 ish, crown flattened, tapering slightly to the stalk, and 

 sometimes with a very obscure short neck ; skin dull 

 green, becoming yellowish-green ; thickly and very con- 

 spicuously dotted, the whole surface with a gray cast; 

 stalk an inch long, slightly sunk ; basin abrupt, deep, 

 sometimes flattened and shallow ; flesh yellowish green, 

 very tender, juicy, melting, with sometimes a little grit, 

 sweet, pleasant, not rich. Quite variable — in some locali- 

 ties uniformly good, in others often worthless. Tree har- 

 dy, vigorous, a profuse bearer, and fruit always fair — in 

 flavor it is but second-rate, but very agreeable and melt- 

 ing. Ripens through mid-autumn. Old French. 



Charles of Austria. (Syn. Charles d'Autriche.) Large, 

 roundish, greenish-yellow, slightly russeted, thickly and 

 conspicuously dotted with brown specks; stalk an inch 

 long, slightly sunk; basin rather narrow; flesh tender, 

 juicy, sweet, of second-rate flavor. Mid-autumn. Shoots 

 stout, upright, yellow-olive. 



Crassane. Large, roundish, flattened ; skin greenish yel- 

 low, netted thinly with russet ; stalk long, slender, curved, 

 cavity shallow ; calyx small, basin narrow, rather deep; 

 flesh soft, juicy, about third-rate in quality. Middle and 

 late autumn. Shoots stout, spreading. Old French. 



GanseVs Bergamot. {Syn. Brocas Bergamot.) Rather large, 

 sometimes only medium ; roundish-oblate, more or less 

 approaching obovate, flattened most at crown; skin yel- 

 lowish-brown, with a faint russet brown blush; stalk short, 

 half or three-fourths of an inch long, ends often fleshy ; 

 cavity and basin smooth ; flesh granular, melting, juicy, 

 rich, sweet, perfumed, with a first-rate flavor. Ripens 

 through several of the early weeks of autumn. Shoots 

 dark gray, spreading, leaves flat, mealy. English. 



Hacon's Incomparable. Rather large, roundish, tapering 

 a little to tke base, crown slightly flattened; surface 

 roughish, yellowish green, slightly russeted, stalk an inch 

 and a fourth long; calyx short, erect, open; cavity and 

 basin broad, shallow ; flesh buttery, melting, sub-acid, of 



