$90€ THE PEAR. . 
Fruit medium, pyriform. Skin rough, becomes yellow at 
maturity, and chiefly covered with fawn russet. Flesh whitish- 
green, melting, juicy, very sugary... An excellent fruit: ripening 
the end of November. (Al. Pom.) - 
Basi, Mannine’s. Man. in H. M. 
Van Mons. No, 154. 
Manning’s Elizabeth, a seedling of Dr. Van Mons’, named by 
Mr. Manning, is a very sweet and sprightly pear, with a peculiar’ 
flavour. : : 
A beautiful dessert fruit, productive, growth moderate, shoota 
reddish, and sprinkled with red and brown dots. Fruit below 
medium size, obovate, shaped like the Julienne; or a small White 
Doyenné. Skin smooth, bright yellow, with a lively red cheek. 
Stalk one inch long,set in a shallow, round cavity. Calyx open, 
set in a broad shallow basin. Flesh white, juicy, and very _ 
melting, with a saccharine, but very sprightly, perfumed flavour 
Last of August. } 
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ExizapetH, Epwarps’, Wilder. Mss. 
Edwards’ Elizabeth is a seedling, raised by. Ex-Governor Ed- 
wards, of New Haven, Conn. 
Fruit of medium size, often large, obtuse-pyriform, angular, 
and oblique at the base, the stalk frequently planted in a fleshy 
protuberance, like a fold. Skin smooth, yellowish-green, very 
fine, and of a peculiar waxen appearance. Flesh, white, buttery 
slightly sub-acid and good. October. 
Emus v’Heyst. Esperen. 
This fruit was dedicated by Major Esperen to the son of his 
friend L. E. Berckmans of New Jersey. 
A Belgian fruit: Tree of moderate vigour. A healthy and 
good grower, but straggling and not easily brought to a pyra- 
midal form. -It seems well suited to this climate and grows well 
on quince. -Young wood fawn or light-brown, rather slender. 
Fruit large or above medium size, long calebasse form. Colour 
light-green, washed and waved with fawn and russet, becomes 
bright yellow at the time of maturity. Stem variable but rather . 
‘long, sometimes fleshy, inserted in an uneven cavity. Calyx. 
small, set in a deep narrow basin, surrounded by uneven pro- 
tuberances. Flesh buttery, melting, very juicy, exceedingly fine, 
sugary and well perfumed. Ripening well through November 
iL. E. Berckmans, Ms.) ' 
