AUTUMN PEARS. 251 



Section III. — Small. 



Aston Town. Rather small, roundish, remotely turbinate, 

 crown flattened ; skin rough, brownish green, becoming 

 yellowish ; stalk an inch and a half long, cavity little or 

 none ; calyx large, erect, scarcely sunk; flesh melting, 

 buttery, sweet, tolerably good. A third-rate English 

 pear, ripening before mid-autumn. Shoots slender, growth 

 irregular. 



Bergamot, Autumn. (Syn. English Bergamot, Common 

 Bergamot, of the English, English Autumn Bergamot.) 

 Rather small, roundish-oblate, rough, greenish ; stalk 

 half an inch long, stout, cavity round, wide ; calyx small, 

 basin smooth, shallow ; flesh juicy, sugary, rather rich , 

 about third-rate in value. Early autumn. 



Bergamotte d'Automne. Roundish-obconic, remotely pyri- 

 form; smooth, fair, pale yellow, with a brownish red 

 cheek ; stalk an inch and a fourth long, cavity and basin 

 slight ; flesh breaking, juicy, sweet, not rich. French. 

 Quite distinct from the preceding, and worthless. 



Bleeker's Meadow. Rather small, roundish, or flattish- 

 obovate ; very regular ; large specimens are short-obo- 

 vate ; surface yellow ; stalk an inch long, stiff, calyx 

 open, both slightly sunk; flesh very sweet, approaches 

 buttery and melting when at its best, but usually remains 

 hard and worthless. Middle and late autumn. Growth 

 rapid, upright, very productive. From nearly first to 

 fourth-rate. Origin, Pennsylvania. 



Croft Castle. Size rather small or medium ; form ovate, ta- 

 pering considerably from base to crown ; greenish yellow, 

 thickly dotted and roughened with small specks ; stalk 

 an inch and a half to two inches long, slender, curved, 

 not sunk ; calyx widely reflexed in the flat narrow crown; 

 flesh crisp, juicy, sweet, second-rate. Mid-autumn. Eng- 

 lish. 



Eyeu-ood. Small, regular round-oblate ; pale yellowish 

 green, becoming dull yellow, thickly dotted, a faint brown- 

 ish tinge to the sun ; stalk very long ; cavity and basin 

 small; buttery, melting, rich, fine, subacid like the 



