562 THE PEAR. 
Cumberland, Rhode Island. The tree is very thrifty, hardy 
and a regular bearer. The shoots are long, upright, stout, 
greenish-yellow. 
Fruit of medium size, obovate, inclining to oval. Skin 
smooth and glossy, bright yellow, dotted with brown points, 
Stalk an inch and a quarter long, rather stout, inserted with lit. 
tle or no depression. Calyx small, open and firm, set in a shal. 
low basin. Flesh very white, juicy, melting, sweet and rich, 
with a slight perfume. October to December. 
Winter SEcKEL. 
rr ca near Fredericksburg, Va.; introduced by H. R, 
oby. 
Fruit medium, regularly formed, obovate. Skin dull. yellow- 
ish-brown, somewhat russeted, with a red cheek. Stalk long, - 
slender, curved. Flesh white, fine grained, buttery, very juicy, 
melting, with a very rich, sweet, aromatic flavour. February. 
(H. R. Roby.) 
Wrepow. CO. Hort. A. 
Tree moderately vigorous, very productive. 
Fruit medium, oblate, turbinate, inclining to pyriform. Skin 
russet, on greenish-yellow ground. Stalk long, inserted with- 
out cavity. Calyx small and open; basin very shallow, Flesh 
buttery, juicy, melting, with a very rich, vinous flavour. Sep- 
tember, October. 
ZEPHIRIN GR&GOIRE. Grégoire. 
Tree moderately vigorous, very productive. Fruit medium, 
nearly as broad as long, turbinate, remotely pyrifornf, slightly 
angular. Skin greenish-yellow, slightly shaded with fawn, and 
thickly covered with green and russet dots. Flesh white, fine, 
buttery, juicy, melting, with a sweet, highly perfumed flavour. 
November, December. : 
Zepuirin Louis Gritcorrs. Grégoire. 
Raised by Grégoire, Tree of moderate growth, produc. 
tive. : 
Fruit of medium size, turbinate. Skin yellow, with a crim- 
son cheek, and slightly russeted about the stalk, which is short 
and thick, inserted in a small cavity. Eye small, basin shallow 
Flesh white, melting, very juicy, and delicately perfumed, De 
cember, (Al. Pom.) : 
ZoaR Beauty. Elliott. 
Zoar Seedling. 
A native of Ohio. Tree vigorous, dark-brown shoots, an ear- 
