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exhibited in 1845. Fruit of medium size, roundish-obtuse-pyriform, slightly angular; 
skin smooth, pale lemon-yellow, profusely sprinkled with very small, pale russet dots and 
a few grayish-russet patches; flesh white, somewhat coarse, melting, very juicy, slightly 
subacid, with a vinous flavor; Oct. 
Elizabeth Maury. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2nd App., 147. 1876. 
A chance seedling on the ground of Reuben Maury, Charlottesville, Va. Fruit small, 
oblate, slightly elevated, pale greenish-yellow, sometimes with a shade of brown in the 
sun, with many greenish dots; flesh whitish, semi-fine, tender, juicy, melting, sweet, slightly 
vinous; Aug. 
Ellis. 1. Mag. Hort. 30:370, fig. 13. 1864. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 755, fig. 1869. 
Raised from seed of Seckel in 1843 by Annie E. Ellis, New Bedford, Mass. Tree 
vigorous, hardy, prolific. Fruit large, oblong-obovate-pyriform, truncate, slightly uneven, 
greenish-yellow, patched and mottled with russet, sprinkled with many russet dots; stem 
rather long, rather stout, set in a small cavity; calyx large, open; basin uneven, slight; 
flesh whitish, juicy, melting, sweet, slightly vinous, aromatic; very good; Sept. and Oct. 
Ellis (New York). 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 756. 186g. 
Downing says that there is another pear under the name of “ Ellis” grown in western 
New York, entirely distinct from Ellis. The fruit is described as medium, acute-pyriform, 
greenish-yellow, shaded with crimson-red in sun, with very small brown dots; flesh white, 
juicy, melting, vinous, often astringent, disposed to rot at the core; good; Aug. and Sept. 
Emerald. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 756. 1869. 
Belgian. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, pale green, with pale brownish-red next the 
sun and covered with russety dots; flesh white, melting, buttery, richly flavored, subacid, 
vinous; good; Nov. and Dec. 
Emile d’Heyst. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:131, fig. 1869. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 
173, 1920. 
A seedling raised by Major Espéren, Mechlin, Bel., which fruited in 1847. Fruit 
medium and often larger, ovate, rather long, irregular, generally with sides unequal, bossed, 
bronzed, dotted with fine specks; flesh greenish, fine and dense, melting, scented, free 
from grit; juice very abundant, refreshing, sugary, slightly acid but very agreeably 
perfumed; first; Oct. 
Enfant Nantais. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 210. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 92. 1895. 
Originated by M. Grousset of Nantes, Fr. Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit 
large, conic, gray; flesh fine, buttery, juicy, aromatic but very slightly tart; Oct. 
Enfant Prodigue. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 385. 1845. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 21133, 
fig. 1869. 
pear breeding, but Governor Edwards made a start in work which Manning, Wilder and a score of others 
were to carry forward with more striking results. Out of many seedlings, at least five were named and 
were grown for a longer or shorter time by the pear-growers of a century ago. These are Elizabeth, Cal- 
houn, Dallas, Henrietta and Citron, all described among the minor varieties of this text. While hardly 
to be considered among the foremost pomologists of the country, Governor Edwards is in the front rank 
of the lesser men whose combined work has done so much to give weight and impulse to American 
pomology. 
