120 DESCRIPTIONS 



Class II. Length greater than the breadth. 

 Ohder I. Base acute or subacute. 



22. TYSON. 

 Fruit of the medium size, long turbinate, narrowing' gradually to a thick, Straight and 

 erect stem ; base acute. Calyx set in a shallow depression. Color bright yellow, cheek 

 ornamented with brown, and tinted with russet. Flesh fine-grained, the pear melts 

 upon the palate, is sweel, aromatic, and slightly perfumed. Excellent. Ripens the last 

 of August. 



23. ROSTIEZER. 

 Fruit rather small, pyriform, symmetrical. Color green, with a brownish tint, and dark, 

 dull brown cheek; skin dotted, and marked with traces of russet. Stem long, curved. 

 Calyx set in a shallow depression. Flesh juicy, melting and sweet, to which is added 

 a fine perfume. Excellent. Ripens late in summer. 



24. ENGLISH JARGONELLE. 



Jargonelle. 



Fruit above the medium size or less, long pyriform, tapering unequally to the stem. Stem 

 long, slightly curved, and set on one side. Color greenish yellow; skin smooth, and 

 brown upon the sunny side. Calyx open and large ; depression shallow. Flesh yel- 

 lowish white, fine-grained, juicy, with a luxurious flavor. Ripens in almost the first of 

 August. 

 The tree is vigorous, but the branches are unsymmetiical or straggling. This pear is 



not regarded by Downing as equal to Dearborn's Seedling, or Bloodgood. Yet, being 



productive, and widely known, is more abundant in market than the better sorts of early 



pears. 



(iiii)t(i II. BiLse indented. 

 25. BARTLETT. Plate 12, fig. 2. 



Williams' Bonchretien. 



This pear is quite large, elongated, its surface is wavy. Color yellow, cheek browned in 

 the sun, or tinted with a blush. Stem erect, thick and stout, and set in a narrow 

 depression, which may be slightly plaited Flesh white, or nearly so, fine-grained and 

 buttery, tender, juicy, luxuriously melting upon the palate. Requires ripening in the 

 house a week or two. 

 Tree productive, and bears quite early, or young. 



