4.99 THE PEAR, 
basin Tiatiad and uneven. Flesh whitish, buttery, juicy, melt-ng, 
with a rich, vinous flavour, perfumed. Ripe from the middle 
of September to the middle of October. 
Diyzr. 
Tree of slow growth, young wood yellow, sometimes can- 
kers. 
-Fruit below ° medium, nearly globular. Skin yellowish, 
sprinkled with russet. Stalk long, inserted in a very slight 
cavity, by a fleshy ring. Calyx closed, set in a rather broad,’. 
shallow basin. Flesh whitish, coarse, and granular, juicy, but: 
tery, melting, with a very sweet, ‘pected Aarour. Ripe last 
of August and first of September. s 
Dow. 
Raised by Dr. Eli” Ives, New Haven, Conn. Tree samen 
vigorous, productive. 
Fruit rather above medium, obovate, acutely pyriform, some- 
times turbinate. “Skin rough, yellowish green, sprinkled with 
russet dots, and_a few small patches of russet. Stalk long, 
inserted at an inclination in a very slight cavity. Calyx large, 
open, set in a very small basin. Flesh white, buttery, juicy, - 
melting, with a good vinous flavour, sometimes. s slightly astrin- 
gent. September, October. 
Dovewne Roni of Langelier. 
Beurre Robin. 
Tree vigorous, yellowish-brown shoots. Fruit medium, round- 
ish, very much depressed at top and bottom; angular and 
irregular. Skin greenish yellow, thickly sprinkled with russet 
and grey dots. Stalk, long, stout, inserted in a broad deep 
cavity. Calyx closed, set’ in a wide, open, irregular basin. 
Flesh whitish, rather coarse, juicy, melting, somewhat granular, 
with a rather. rich vinous perfumed flavour. September. 
Doyzn Drtex. Van Mons. 
Deacon. Dillen. 
Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit. rather large, oblong, 
pyriform, or oblongated conic. Skin fine yellow, inclining’to 
russet, thickly ee with russet specks. Stalk short, thick, 
and fleshy, strongly fixed without any depression. Calyx small, 
rarely open, basin of moderate depth. Flesh. juicy, buttery, 
aweet and rich,- October, November. 
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