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THE PEAR. 
next the sun. Flesh melting and juicy, good, but not high fla' 
voured. Middle of August to middle of September. (Robert 
Manning MS.) 
Westcott. Hort. 
A native of Rhode Island. Tree vigorous, an early bearer, 
very productive. 
Fruit medium, irregular, globular. Stalk long, curved, ra 
ther stout, fleshy at its insertion, in a cavity of moderate depth, 
with a lip. Calyx very small, in a shallow, furrowed basin. 
Colour light yellow, with numerous grey dots. Flesh white, 
juicy, nearly melting, coarse, granular, sweet and agreeable, 
September, October. 
Wharton’s Early. 
Origin unknown. Tree vigorous, wood yellowish-brown. 
Fruit above medium, obovate, pyriform. Skin yellowish- 
green, with russet dots. Stem long, cavity slight. Calyx open. 
Flesh white, melting, juicy, sweet. Ripe middle to last of Au- 
gust. (Elliott) 
White’s Seedling. 
Introduced by C. B. Lines, New Haven, Conn. 
Fruit medium, round, obovate. Skin greenish-yellow, some 
times russeted. Stem rather long and slender, obliquely insert* 
ed into a small fleshy excrescence. Calyx open, basin shallow. 
Flesh fine, juicy, and good. (Ad. Int. Rep.) 
Wiest. 
From Pennsylvania. Fruit medium, nearly globular, some- 
what oval. Skin green, with numerous dark-green dots. 
Stalk rather long, inserted in a moderate cavity. Calyx open, 
basin shallow and irregular. Flesh whitish, juicy, melting, sub- 
acid, pleasant. September. 
Williamson. 
Origin on the farm of Nicholas Williamson, Long Island. 
Tree hardy, vigorous, and a good bearer. Fruit medium, ob- 
ovate, narrowing rapidly to the stalk, which is stout and short 
in a moderate cavity. Calyx entirely caducous, leaving but a 
scar ; basin rather deep and abrupt. Skin golden yellow, thick- 
ly sprinkled with russet dots, and considerably russeted at base 
and crown. Flesh yellowish-white, fine grained, and nearly 
melting, juicy, sugary, vinous, rich. October. (Hort.) 
