THE PEAR — VARIETIES. 



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9. Napoleon. — Fruit large, obtuse, pyriform, varying in 

 form ; skin smootli, pale yellow when ripe, with a darker 

 cheek ; stem stout, half an inch to an inch in length, set 

 in a slight depression ; calyx open in a medium basin ; 

 flesh tender, sprightly, juicy, and excellent if house- 

 ripened. Growth free on quince or pear upright shoots 

 olive colored. 



10. Barihtt. — Fruit of large size, pyramidal, irregular ; skin 

 thin, smooth, clear yellow, sometimes a slight blush to the 

 sun, rarely a little russeted ; stalk an inch long or over, 

 stout, in a shallow basin ; flesh white, fine grained, but- 

 tery, juicy, vinous, and perfumed. Eipe August 1st to 

 20th. The tree is apt to blight, and the fruit is sometimes 

 acid, and never of the very highest flavor. In iinfavorable 

 seasons, the fi-uit rots where exposed to the sun; but its 

 size, fine appearance, and productiveness make it very pop- 

 ular and desirable. Will ripen finely in the house when 

 two-thirds grown, where blown off by the wind. 



11. Scckel. — Fruit small, regular, obovate; skin dull yel- 

 lowish brown, with russet red cheek; stalk short, curved, in 

 a slight cavity ; calyx small, in a slight basin ; flesh, whit- 

 ish, buttery, very juicy, with a very sweet, rich, spicy flavor, 

 considered the best of all pears This fruit is generally 

 larger than at the north. It bears abundantly every year, 

 seldom blights, and is always delicious. Hipens Aug. 15th. 

 Does well, and bears larger fruit on the apple as a stock. 



12. Wliite, Doyenne (Y'lYgSiXi&u., St. Michael's, &c). — Fruit 

 medium to large, regular obovate ; skin smooth, light yel- 

 low dotted, and often with a red cheek ; stalk from three- 

 fourths of an inch to one and a fourth inches long ; slightly 

 curved, and in a small cavity ; calyx small, closed in a 

 shallow basin ; flesh white, buttery, melting, high-flavor- 

 ed and dehcious. Ripens loth August, and in succession a 

 long time ; always of fine quality here ; never cracks, and 



