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DESCRIPTIONS 
6. SUMMER DOYENNE. 
Fruit small, low turbinate, or wide through the middle, obtuse. Color a line yellow, 
ornamented with a fine red cheek, deepened at the base. Stern long. Calyx wide, 
very shallow. Flesh melting and juicy, sweet. Skin thin. Core small. Seeds small, 
white. 
A new pear. See J. J. Thomas, page 216, American Fruit Culturist. 
7. WILLIAMS’ EARLY. 
Fruit rather small, round turbinate, or very obtuse, tapering rapidly from the middle, 
symmetrical. Color bright yellow, ornamented with rich scarlet dots on the sunny side. 
Stem long, central, and straight. Calyx short; depression shallow and wide, and slightly 
plaited. Flesh white, juicy, with a rich, musky flavor. Late summer or early autumn. 
8. FRENCH JARGONELLE. 
Summer Beauty. 
Form regular, pyriform, and attaining the medium size. Color light green, but in ripening 
changing to a lemon yellow, ornamented with a bright red cheek. Stem rather long, 
slender. Caiyx small, and rather projecting, or scarcely sunk. Flesh white and coarse, 
sweet. Rots at the core, and is regarded only as third-rate. 
9. OTT. 
Fruit rather small, round turbinate. Color greenish yellow, semi-russet; sometimes the 
cheek is mottled in red. Stem rather long and slender. Calyx father short, depression 
wide and shallow. Flesh rich, perfumed like the Seckel. Ripens by the middle of 
August. 
Originated in Pennsylvania. 
10. BRANDYWINE. 
Fruit of the medium size; form varying, as to the width of the crown. Skin smooth, 
and of a dull yellowish green, with the crown russeted. Stem variable, but rather short, 
with a fleshy base. Flesh white, juicy and melting; flavor fine. 
Tree vigorous and productive. Originated in Delaware county. New. J. J. Thomas. 
