50 G 
THE PEAR. 
branches. Young shoots rather slender, diverging, olive- 
coloured. 
Fruit rather large, roundish, inclining to turbinate. Skin 
slightly rough, pale, and dull yellowish-green, mixed with pale 
brown, sprinkled with numerous greenish-russet dots, and russet 
streaks. Flesh white, buttery, melting, with a rich vinous 
flavour. October and .November. 
Haddington. 
Raised by J. B. Smith, Philadelphia. 
Fruit above medium, obovate, or pyriform. Colour greenish- 
yellow, with a brownish cheek. Stalk slender, inserted in a 
small cavity. Calyx small, in a round, shallow basin. Flesh 
yellow, crisp, juicy, with an aromatic flavour. January till 
April. (Brinckle in Hart.) 
He GERMAN. 
Originated at North Hempstead, Long Island. Tree of 
vigorous growth, an early bearer. Fruit of medium size, or 
below ; much resembles in form and colour the Buffum. Flavour 
intermediate between the Seckel and white Doyenne, melting 
and delicious ; must be eaten at precise periods of maturity. 
Ripens about the middle of September. (Wm. R. Prince.) 
Hanover. 
From Hanover Furnace, New Jersey. 
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, exceedingly melting and juicy. Flavour 
pleasant. Quality “ good.” Ripe October. (Ad. Int. Rep.) 
Harvard. Man. Ken. 
Boston Eparne. Cambridge Sugar Pear. 
The Harvard produces enormous crops, which is of fair qua- 
lity. The tree is remarkably hardy and vigorous, with upright 
shoots forming a fine head. It originated at Cambridge, Mass. 
Fruit rather large, oblong-pyriform. Skin russety olive-yel- 
low, with a brownish-red cheek. Stalk rather stout, inserted 
rather obliquely on the narrow summit or on a small cavity. 
Calyx set in a narrow basin. Flesh white, tender, juicy, and 
melting, of excellent flavour, but liable, if not picked early, to 
rot at the core. Beginning of September. 
Hawe’s Winter. 
Origin, King and Queen Counties, Va., on the farm of the 
