The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . a basin of moderate size. Flesh white,tine-grained, buttery, melting, sweet, sprightly, perfumed. of September. Dallas. Raised by Governor Edwards, of New Haven, Conn. Tree upright,vigorous. Young wood reddish brown. A profitable Pear to grow, aait produces abundantly and keeps long after gathering. Fruit rather large, ovate obtuse pyriform. Skin yellow, with asunny cheek, thickly sprinkled with crimson and russet dots. Stalk •large, long, inserted by a slight lip in a very moderate cavity. Calyxopen. Basin shallow, corrugated. Flesh buttery
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . a basin of moderate size. Flesh white,tine-grained, buttery, melting, sweet, sprightly, perfumed. of September. Dallas. Raised by Governor Edwards, of New Haven, Conn. Tree upright,vigorous. Young wood reddish brown. A profitable Pear to grow, aait produces abundantly and keeps long after gathering. Fruit rather large, ovate obtuse pyriform. Skin yellow, with asunny cheek, thickly sprinkled with crimson and russet dots. Stalk •large, long, inserted by a slight lip in a very moderate cavity. Calyxopen. Basin shallow, corrugated. Flesh buttery, juicy, with a sweet, rich,pleasant aromatic flavor. Yery good. Ripe October and November. Danas Hovey. Raised by Francis Dana, of Roxbury, Mass. Tree vigorous, hardy. THE PEAR. 731 and productive. Young wood olive yellow brown, retains its foliage latein season. This is one of the highest-flavored Pears, next to theSeckle, that we have known. It lacks in size for a market variety,but as an amateur sort is one of the most Danas Hovey. Fruit small, obovate obtuse pyriform, regular. Skin greenish yei-low or pale yellow, considerably netted and patched with russet, andsprinkled with many brown dots. Stalk rather short, a little curved,set in a slight caAdty, sometimes by a lip. Calyx open. Basin small,uneven, and slightly russeted. Flesh yellowish, juicy, melting, witha sugary, rich, aromatic flavor. Best. November to January. Darlington. An American variety, the origin of which we have been unable tolearn. Tree very vigorous, upright grower, productive. Young woodyellow broAvn. Fruit large, oblate obtuse pyriform, pale yellow, with sometimesa shade of crimson in the sun, nettings and patches of lusset, andrusset dots. Flesh whitish, coarse, sweet. Not quite good. Rots atcore. Early September. Davis. Introduced from Delaware Co., Pa. The only claim this Pear hat-ia that some specimens are almost, or entirely, seedless. Fruit small, obovate obtuse, yelloAvish, netted
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