DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF FRUITS. 



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Emile d'Heyst, large pyramidal, orange yellow, russet ; very productive. 



Oct. to Xov. 

 Edmund's, very large, lemon yellow, fine flavor, vigorous and productive. 

 Flemish Beauty, very large, pale yellow with reddish brown cheek ; flesh juicy, 



melting, very saccharine and rich ; tree vigorous, and profuse bearer ; 



excellent. Sept. and Oct. 



Doyenne White. 



Flemish Bea.uty. 



Fondante de Malines, medium, pyriform. lemon yellow with a tinge of crimson 



and fawn in the sun ; flesh white, juicy, melting and sweet ; very good. 



Sept. and Oct. 

 *Fulton, medium size, covered with dark cinnamon russet ; flesh buttery, juicy, 



agreeable flavor ; tree very hardy, an early and profuse bearer. Oct. 

 ^General Taylor, medium, skin cinnamon russet ; flesh buttery, melting, flavor 



as high as the Seckel. Oct. 

 Henry the lY, medium size, pale greenish yellow ; flesh juic}', melting, with a 



rich delicious flavor ; a robust grower and profuse bearer. Sept 

 *Heathcut, medium size, pale greenish yellow ; flesh buttery, melting, juicy ; 



hardy and productive. Sept. 

 *Howell, large, light waxen yellow ; flesh melting, sweet and rich ; a vigorous 



grower and profuse bearer; one of the best native pears. Sept. and Oct. 

 *Kiefier's Hybrid, said to be a hybrid between Chinese Sand Pear and Bartlett ; 



a vigorous grower and "blight proof" ; fruit large, turbinate yellow; 



qualit}^ good ; ripe end of September ; a great bearer. 

 Louise Bonne de Jersey, large, yellow with a dark red cheek, juicy, melting, 



buttery, and excellent flavor ; a very vigorous, erect grower, and profuse 



bearer ; one of the finest pears. Sept. 

 *Onondaga, (Swan's Orange), very large, yellow dotted with russet ; flesh but- 

 tery, melting, high flavored ; tree hardy, vigorous and productive. Oct. 

 ^Oswego Beurre, medium size, fine yellow ; fiesh buttery, juicy, melting, 



vinous flavor ; hardy and good bearpr. Oct. to Dec. 

 Paradise 'd'Automne, large, yellow mottled with cinnamon russet ; flesh juicy, 



melting, rich and high flavored ; a good bearer. Oct. 

 Paul Ambre, medium to large, pale greenish yellow, mottled with crimson ; 



flesh white, juicy, buttery and melting ; vigorous and productive. Oct. 

 ■^Pratt, large, lemon yellow ; juicy, sweet and good ; tree a free grower, and 



prolific. Sept. 

 *Seckel, small size, yellowish brown with a red cheek ; flesh buttery, juicy, 



melting, with a rich aroma ; the richest and most exquisite flavored pear 



known ; tree a stout, erect grower, a regular and abundant bearer. Sept. 

 *Sheldon, large, round, russet and red; flesh juicy, melting and delicious; a 



vigorous grower, and productive. Oct 

 St. Ghislain, medium size, pale yellow ; flesh buttery, juicy and rich : tree a 



verv rapid, U[)right grower, and prolific. Aug. to Sept. 

 St. Michael Archange, farge, yellow and red; flesh melting, juicy and rich; 



tree a stout, erect grower. Oct. 



