560 THE PEAR. 
next the sun. Flesh melting and juicy, good, but not high fla 
voured. Middle of August to middle of September. (Robert 
Manning MS.) ——t 
Westcott. Hort: 
A native of Rhode Island. Tree vigorous, an early bearer, 
very productive. 
Fruit medium, irregular, globular. Stalk long, curved, ra. 
ther stout, fleshy at its insertion, in a-cavity of moderate depth,. 
with a lip. Calyx very small, in-a shallow, furrowed basin, 
Colour light yellow, with numerous grey dots. Flesh white, 
juicy, nearly melting, coarse, granular, sweet and agreeable, 
September, October. 
‘Wauarrton’s Harty. 
Origin unknown. Tree vigorous, wood yellowish-brown. 
Fruit above medium, obovate, pyriform. -Skin yellowish- 
green, with russet dots. Stem long, cavity slight. Calyx open. 
Flesh white, melting, juicy, sweet. Ripe middle to last of Au- 
gust. (Elliott.) 
Wauirx’s SEEpiine. 
Introduced by C. B. Lines, New Haven, Conn. 
Fruit medium, round, obovate. Skin greenish-yellow, some 
times russeted, Stem rather long and slender, obliquely insert- 
ed into a small fleshy excrescence. Calyx“open, basin shallow, 
Flesh fine, juicy, and good. (Ad. Int. Rep.) 
Wissrt. 
From Pennsylvania, Fruit’ medium, nearly globular, some- 
what oval. Skin green, with numerous dark-green dots, 
Stalk rather long, inserted in a moderate cavity. Calyx open, 
basin shallow and irregular. Flesh whitish, juicy, melting, sub- 
acid, pleasant. September. 
WILLIAMSON. 
Origin on the farm of Nicholas Williamson, Long Island. 
Tree hardy, vigorous, and a good bearer. Fruit medium, ob- 
ovate, narrowing rapidly to the stalk, which is stout and skort 
in a moderate cavity. Calyx entirely caducous, leaying but a 
scar; basin rather deep and abrupt. Skin golden-yellow, thick- 
ly sprinkled with russet dots, and considerably russeted at base 
and crown. Flesh yellowish-white, fine grained, and nearly 
melting, juicy, sugary, vinous, rich. October (Hort.) 
