544 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
to large recalling in appearance the Duchesse d’Angouléme; flesh yellow, vinous, of an 
agreeable perfume and distinctive flavor; Nov. and Dec. 
Seigneur Daras. 1. Guide Prat. 99. 1895. 
Tree very fertile, not very vigorous and best cultivated on wild stock. Fruit medium, 
of the form of the Doyenné; flesh fine, juicy, saccharine, perfumed; Oct. 
Seigneur d’Eté. 1. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 348. 1831. 
An old Flemish pear sent to England by M. Stoffels of Mechlin and exhibited by 
the Horticultural Society of London in 1819. Fruit above medium, obtuse-oval; skin 
fine orange, with bright scarlet on the sunny side, sprinkled with small brown spots and 
partially marked with larger ones of the same color; flesh melting, with an extremely small 
core, and a rich, highly flavored juice; beginning and middle of Sept. 
Selleck. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 854. 1869. 
The origin of Selleck is unknown. Some thirty years ago the oldest known bearing 
tree of the variety was standing on the grounds of Columbus Selleck, Sudbury, Vermont, 
and was then still healthy and very productive. Fruit large, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, 
surface uneven; skin a fine yellow, with a crimson cheek and thickly sprinkled with russet 
dots; flesh white, a little coarse, juicy, melting, sweet, aromatic; good to very good; Sept. 
and Oct. 
Semis d’Echasserie. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:188, fig. 580. 1881. 
Obtained by M. Pariset, Ain, Fr., from a seed bed made in 1840. It was first pub- 
lished in 1862. Fruit below medium, globular-ovate, symmetrical in contour; skin rather 
thick and rough to the touch, yellow-green passing to bright yellow at maturity, tinged 
with earthy-red on fruits well exposed to the sun; flesh a little coarse, semi-breaking, rather 
full of saccharine juice, slightly gritty about the core, insufficiently perfumed; second; 
Dec. and Jan. 
Semis Léon Leclerc. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:173, fig. 279. 1879. 
Sent out by M. Bivort from Belgium about the year 1859. Fruit small or nearly 
medium on a well-pruned tree, ovate, often ventriculous, symmetrical in its contour; skin 
thin, smooth, green sprinkled with dots of darker green, changing at maturity to whitish- 
yellow, rather deeper on the side next the sun, sometimes washed with light red on which 
the dots are grayish or yellow; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, full of saccharine juice and 
pleasantly perfumed; good for its season; beginning of Aug. 
Sénateur Préfet. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876. 
Published in France by M. Boisbunel. Tree vigorous and very fertile. Fruit medium 
or large, oval-pyriform; flesh white, fine, melting, juicy, saccharine, vinous; first; March 
to May. 
Sénateur Vaisse. 1. Pom. France 4:No. 169, Pl. 169. 1867. 
M. Lagrange, a nurseryman of Lyons, Fr., grew this pear from seed in 1861. Tree 
pyramidal, rather vigorous, productive. Fruit rather large, obovate, pale yellow, with 
a rosy tint on the sunny side; flesh crisp, juicy, very sweet, slightly gritty; good; Sept. 
Seneca. 1. Guide Prat. 104. 1895. 
A wildling found by James Payne and nurtured by A. C. Clark, both of Tyre, N. Y., 
