THE PEAR. 



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Fruit large, oblong, very obtuse pyriform, greenish yellow, slightly 

 netted and patched with russet, and many green and russet dots. Stalk 

 varying, sometimes long, pretty stout, set in a cavity, often with a lip. 

 Calyx open. Segments long, slender, recurved. Basin shallow, uneven, 

 slightly russeted. Flesh whitish, juicy, melting, pleasant, sweet, a little 

 perfumed. Very good. September. 



Hanover. 

 From Hanover Furnace, N. J. 



Fruit below medium, roundish obovate. Skin green, with dull green 

 russet markings, and a brown cheek. Stalk medium. Cavity shallow and 

 angular. Calyx open, in an irregular basin. Flesh greenish yellow, ex- 

 ceedingly melting and juicy. Flavor pleasant. Good. Ripe October. 

 (Ad. Int. Rep.) 



Harris. 

 Speckled Harris ? 



Received from Georgia. Tree vigorous, productive. 



Fruit medium, obovate obtuse to obovate acute pyriform, pale yel- 

 low, deep red in the sun, many green and brown dots. Flesh whitish, 

 buttery, not juicy, sweet. Good. September. 



Harrison's Large Fall. 



Rushmore's Bon Chretien. Richmond. Englebert Lott. 



Large Swan's Egg. Lott's Pear. 



An American variety, a strong, rapidly-growing tree, comes early into 

 bearing, and produces abundantly. 



Fruit large, irregular, inclined, obovate obtuse pyriform, pale yellow, 

 with a red cheek. Valued as a cooking fruit. August, September. 



Harvard. 



Boston Eparne. Cambridge Sugar Pear. Belle de Flushing. 



The Harvard produces enormous crops, of fair quality. The tree is 

 remarkably hardy and vigorous, with upright shoots forming a fine head. 

 It originated at Cambridge, Mass. 



Fruit rather large, oblong pyriform, russety olive yellow, with a 

 brownish-red cheek. Stalk rather stout, inserted rather obliquely on the 

 narrow summit or in a small cavity. Calyx set in a narrow basin. 

 Flesh white, tender, juicy, and melting, of excellent flavor, but liable, 

 if not picked early, to rot at the core. Beginning of September. 



Harvest. 



Early Sugar. Sugar Pear. Wolcott's Early ? 



An American variety. Tree an upright round spreading head, a 

 good grower and bearer. Young wood olive yellow brown. 



Fruit below medium, or small, roundish, pale yellow, brown tinge of 

 red in the sun, and sprinkled with brown and green dots. Flesh whitish, 

 not very juicy or melting, but sweet, pleasant. Good. July. 



