OF SUMMER PEARS. 119 



18. SUMMER ROSE. 



The size of this pear is rather less than the preceding, is more rounded, its sides more 

 convex, and terminate with a rapid taper; the indentation is quite small. Stem long, 

 slender, curved more towards its extremity. Crown wide, depression very shallow. 

 Color pale yellow, dotted with russet in the shade ; cheek red russet, with crown-dots. 

 Flesh white, juicy, sugary, below first-rate. Last of August. 



19. MANNING'S ELIZABETH. 



This pear is smaller than common, obovate. Skin smooth, bright yellow. Stem rather 

 short ; indentation shallow. Flesh white, juicy, melting, swset and perfumed. Last 

 of August or first of September. 



20. KINGESSING. 



Leech's Kingessing. 



This pear is large, and rather thick and clumsy ; base obtuse, with a shallow indentation, 

 inclosing a short, slender, curved stem, thickest at the base. Color green, variegated 

 with dark patches. Calyx small ; depression quite shallow. Flesh buttery, delicate 

 and rich. Ripens the last of August. 

 It is supposed to have originated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



21. MOYAMENSING. 



Smith's Moyamensing. 



This pear is scarcely less than the preceding, but is subject to a variation in this respect ; 

 sometimes it is quite large, unsymmetrical, or oblique ; base oblique, with an obsolete 

 indentation, bearing a short, thick, erect and fleshy stem. Color lemon yellow, skin 

 may be russeted ; basin plaited, shallow and small. If eaten at the right hour, it is 

 nearly first-rate. Origin, Philadelphia. 

 The stem of both the preceding pears is described as short, although it may be an inch 



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