THE PEAR. 



825 



Orange Tulipee. 



Poire aux Mouch.es. Tuliped or Fly-Pear. 



Striped Orange. Great Orange. 



Fruit pretty large, oval pyriform, green, shaded in sun with brown- 

 ish red. Flesh melting, juice agreeable. September. (Lind.) 



Orpheline Colmar. 



One of Van Mons' Belgian Pears, as yet little known in this coun- 

 try. Tree vigorous, very fertile. Young wood dull olive brown. 



Fruit very large, pyriform, bright green, somewhat yellow, dotted 

 with gray, brown, and black, and shaded with russet, fawn on the sunny 

 side, and around the calyx and stem. Flesh whitish yellow, fine, melt- 

 ing, a little granular around the core, juicy, sweet, and perfumed. Octo- 

 ber. (An. Pom.) 



Osband's Summer. 

 Osband's Favorite. Summer Yirgalieu. 



Origin, Wayne County, N. Y. Tree moderately vigorous, upright, 

 an early and prolific bearer. Young wood rich yellow brown. 



Fruit small, roundish ovate obovate pyriform, clear yellow, thickly 

 dotted with small greenish and brown dots, with a warm cheek on the 

 side of the sun, and some traces 

 of russet, particularly around 

 stalk and calyx. Stalk of medi- 

 um length, rather strong, inserted 

 in an abrupt cavity. Calyx open, 

 set in a broad, shallow basin. 

 Flesh white, juicy, melting, with 

 a rich sugary flavor and pleasant 

 musky perfume. Yery good. Ri- 

 pens early in August. 



OSBORNE. 



Origin, Economy, Ind. Pro- 

 ductive and a free grower. 



Fruit medium, short pyri- 

 form, yellowish green, with nu- 

 merous gray dots. Stalk rather 

 long. Basin broad and shal- 

 low. Calyx partially closed. 

 Flesh, white, juicy, brisk, vinous. 

 Hardly good. Middle of Sep 

 tember. 



Oswego Beurre. 

 Read's Seedling. 



Raised by Walter Read, of Oswego, N. Y. Tree vigorous, hardy, 

 and productive. Young wood olive yellow. 



