THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 235 
1890. The American Pomological Society added the variety to its fruit- 
list in 1909. : 
Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, rapid-growing, very productive; trunk thick; 
branches reddish-brown, nearly covered with thin, gray scarf-skin, marked with numerous 
lenticels; branchlets short, with internodes variable in length, light greenish-brown, dull, 
glabrous except near the ends of the new growth, sprinkled with numerous small, 
conspicuous, raised lenticels. 
Leaf-buds very small, short, pointed, appressed. Leaves 24 in. long, 14 in. wide, 
thick, leathery; apex taper-pointed; margin tipped with few minute glands, finely or coarsely 
serrate; petiole 14 in. long, glabrous, slender, tinged with red; stipules very small when 
present. Flower-buds small, short, conical, sharply pointed, plump, free, singly on very 
short spurs; flowers showy, 14 in. across, in dense clusters, 8 or 10 buds in a cluster; pedicels 
1% in. long, slightly pubescent. 
Fruit ripe late September to October; medium in size, 2$ in. long, 2} in. wide, obovate- 
acute-pyriform, symmetrical; stem 2 in. long, thick; cavity very shallow and obtuse or 
lacking, the flesh folded up around the base of the stem and often lipped; calyx open, large; 
lobes narrow, acute; basin shallow, narrow, obtuse, smooth or gently furrowed, symmetrical; 
skin thin, tender, smooth, glossy; color pale golden-yellow, blushed on the exposed cheek 
with solid bright red, becoming almost crimson in highly colored specimens; dots numerous, 
small, russet, obscure; flesh yellowish-white or dull white, fine-grained near the skin, gran- 
ular at the center, tender and melting, buttery, very juicy, characteristically spicy and 
aromatic; quality very good. Core closed, axile, with meeting core-lines; calyx-tube 
conical; carpels ovate; seeds wide, plump, obtuse. 
