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THE PEAR. 
Fruit medium, pyriform. Skin rough, becomes yellow at 
maturity, and chiefly covered with fawn russet. Flesh whitish- 
green, melting, juicy, very sugary. An excellent fruit ripening 
the end of November. (Al. Pom.) 
Elizabeth, Manning’s. Man. in H. M. 
Yan Mons. No. 154. 
Manning’s Elizabeth, a seedling of Dr. Yan Mons’, named by 
Mr. Manning, is a very sweet and sprightly pear, with a peculiar 
flavour. 
A beautiful dessert fruit, productive, growth moderate, shoots 
reddish, and sprinkled with red and brown dots. Fruit below 
medium size, obovate, shaped like the Julienne, or a small White 
Doyenne. Skin smooth, bright yellow, with a lively red cheek. 
Stalk one inch long, set in a shallow, round cavity. Calyx open, 
set in a broad shallow basin. Flesh white, juicy, and very 
melting, with a saccharine, but very sprightly, perfumed flavour. 
Last of August. 
Elizabeth, Edwards’. Wilder. Mss. 
Edwards’ Elizabeth is a seedling, raised by Ex-Governor Ed- 
wards, of New Haven, Conn. 
Fruit of medium size, often large, obtuse-pyriform, angular, 
and oblique at the base, the stalk frequently planted in a fleshy 
protuberance, like a fold. Skin smooth, yellowish-green, very 
fine, and of a peculiar waxen appearance. Flesh, white, buttery 
slightly sub-acid and good. October. 
Emile d’Heyst. Esperen. 
This fruit was dedicated by Major Esperen to the son of his 
friend L. E. Berckmans of New Jersey. 
A Belgian fruit. Tree of moderate vigour. A healthy and 
good grower, but straggling and not easily brought to a pyra- 
midal form. It seems well suited to this climate and grows well 
on quince. Young wood fawn or light-brown, rather slender. 
Fruit large or above medium size, long calebasse form. Colour 
light-green, washed and waved with fawn and russet, becomes 
bright yellow at the time of maturity. Stem variable but rather 
long, sometimes fleshy, inserted in an uneven cavity. Calyx 
small, set in a deep narrow basin, surrounded by uneven pro- 
tuberances. Flesh buttery, melting, very juicy, exceedingly fine, 
sugary and well perfumed. Ripening well through November, 
(L. E. Berckmans, Ms.) 
