568 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
twigs green, thickly dotied; buds small, long; leaves cvoid. Fruit below medium to above, 
oblong-acute-pyriform, yellowish mostly covered with golden-russet; stem long, curved; 
calyx open; basin shallow; flesh white, juicy, melting; good to very good; late Aug. 
Uwchlan. 1. Horticulturist 6:35, fig. 3. 1856. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:714, fig. 
1869. 
Originated on the premises of Widow Dowlin, near the Brandywine, in Uwchlan 
Township, Pa. It fruited first in 1851. Tree of good growth, productive, pyramidal. 
Fruit below medium, roundish, inclining to obovate, pale whitish-yellow, shaded, mottled 
and dotted with crimson, and thickly covered with conspicuous brown dots; stem curved, 
inclined; cavity shallow, sometimes lipped; calyx partially closed; basin abrupt, large, 
deep; flesh white, very juicy, very sweet, melting, aromatic; good to very good; Sept. 
Valentine. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 872. 1869. 
Said to have originated on Long Island. Fruit above medium, oblong-acute-pyriform, 
pale yellowish-green, tinge of red in the sun; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant; 
good; Aug. 
Vallée Franche. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:74. 1768. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 658. 
1884. 
Poire de Vallée. 3. Mas Le Verger 2:113, fig. 55. 1866-73. 
A pear of ancient and unknown origin. It was grown in France in the fourteenth 
and fifteenth centuries. Tree very large, exceedingly vigorous, very hardy, a regular 
bearer. Fruit medium or below, obovate or obtuse-pyriform, smooth, shining yellowish- 
green, sprinkled with small russet dots; flesh white, breaking, medium fine, very juicy, 
sweet, slightly musky; well reported from the Old World but as ‘“‘ unworthy of cultivation ” 
from the New; last of Aug. 
Valley. 1. Brookshaw Hort. Reposit. 2:185, Pl. XCVII, fig. 2. 1823. 
Possibly of English origin. Fruit oval or lemon-shape, yellow, strewn with fine dots; 
skin thick; flesh soft, buttery; flavor very pleasant; mid-Aug. 
Van Assche. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 55. 1852. 2. Horticulturist 3:60, fig., front. 1853. 
Van Assene. 3. Mag. Hort. 8:58. 1842. 4. Ibid. 13:60, fig. 4. 1847. 
M. Bouvier, Jodoigne, Bel., originated this pear about 1828. M. Manning received 
cions of the variety from Van Mons in 1835 under the name Van Assene, and this has 
led to incorrect statements in America that Van Assche is a seedling of Van Mons and 
should be called Van Assene. Tree productive, vigorous, erect, an early bearer. Fruit 
rather large, roundish-obovate-pyriform, pale yellow, covered with rather large russet 
specks; stem long, slender, curved; cavity medium deep; calyx closed; basin abrupt, deep- 
flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant; good to very good; Sept. 
Van Buren. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 5. 1843. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 873. 1869. 
A cooking pear raised from seed by Governor Edwards of New Haven, Conn. Fruit 
medium, roundish-oblate, yellow, with a rich orange-red blush next the sun, regularly 
dotted with conspicuous brownish specks; flesh white, crisp, sweet; Oct. 
Van Deventer. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 873. 1869. 
Originated in New Jersey. Tree very vigorous, very productive, an early bearer. 
Fruit rather small, oblong-ovate-pyriform, greenish-yellow, shaded with brownish-red in 
