THE PEAR. 
5*79 
Fruit small, turbinate. Skin greenish-yellow. Flesh white, 
tender, juicy, and pleasant. 
Naumkeag. Man. 
A native of Salem, Mass. In wood and leaf it resembles the 
Brown Beurre. Fruit medium, roundish. Skin yellow russet. 
Flesh juicy, melting, but rather astringent in flavour. Bears 
abundantly. October. 
Oliver’s Russet. 
Fruit below medium, roundish. Skin rough, cinnamon rus 
set, on yellow ground, with a blush. Stalk in a cavity ; basin 
small. Flesh whitish, coarse, without much flavour. Last of 
September. 
Orange Bergamotte. Coxe. 
Fruit medium, broadly turbinate. Skin rough, yellow. Flesh 
firm, rather acid for eating, but excellent for baking. Septem- 
ber. 
Orange d’Hiver. 
Winter Orange. 
Fruit medium ; an old pear, very productive ; not desirable 
for table, but a good baking pear. November, December. 
Pailleau. Van Mons. Man in II. M. 
A Belgian pear, of good quality, but rather coarse-grained. 
Fruit medium, turbinate. Skin rough, greenish-yellow with 
patches of russet. Flesh juicy, sweet. Early in September. 
Pennsylvania. 
Smith’s Pennsylvania. 
The Pennsylvania is a seedling, originated by J. B. Smith, 
Esq., of Philadelphia, a well known amateur. 
Fruit of medium size, obovate, a good deal narrowed towards 
the stalk. Skin brown russet, nearly covering a dull yellow 
ground, and becoming russet-red on the sunny side. Flesh yel- 
lowish-white, not very fine grained, juicy, half melting, sweet, 
perfumed, musky flavour. Middle and last of September. 
Pitt’s Prolific. 
Pitt’s Surpasse Marie. Ken. 
Surpass Maria Louise, ( incorrectly of some American gardens.") 
An English fruit of medium size, oblong-pyriform. Skin yel- 
low, a little russeted. Flesh juicy, soft, sweet, rather coarse, 
and of indifferent quality. September. 
