. The American fruit culturist. short Doyenne-form, obtuse ;skin greenish, considerably russeted ; stalk thick, short, cavitymoderate, basin small; flesh greenish, buttery, melting, veryjuicy, rich, slightlj sub-acid—resembling in flavor the BeurredAremberg, but rather richer and less acid. Early purplish-red, leaves curled. French. Fig. 677. Jean de Witte. Size medium, flattened, obovate; stalk short,slightly sunk; basin small, calyx closed; skin yellowish green,partly russeted; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, rich. De-cember. Jones. (Jones Seedling.) Size medium or small, B
. The American fruit culturist. short Doyenne-form, obtuse ;skin greenish, considerably russeted ; stalk thick, short, cavitymoderate, basin small; flesh greenish, buttery, melting, veryjuicy, rich, slightlj sub-acid—resembling in flavor the BeurredAremberg, but rather richer and less acid. Early purplish-red, leaves curled. French. Fig. 677. Jean de Witte. Size medium, flattened, obovate; stalk short,slightly sunk; basin small, calyx closed; skin yellowish green,partly russeted; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, rich. De-cember. Jones. (Jones Seedling.) Size medium or small, Bloodgood-shaped, or obovate, remotely pyriform ; surface rich yellow russet;stalk an inch or an inch and a fourth in length, variable in thick-ness, fleshy at insertion, not sunk ; basin shallow ; flesh yellowish,melting, of fine flavor. Ripens late autumn and early divergingand ascending. Origin, Kingsessing, near Phila-delphia. Productive and valuable. Fig. 733. Fig. 733.—JonesSeedling. FiG. 734.— Fig. 733.—Easter Beurre. FI6. 736.—Lawrence. FiG. 737-—Winter Nelis. Kieffer. Tree remarkably vigorous and very productive; fruitlarge to very large, oval, narrowing toward both ends ; skin richyellow, with a handsome red cheek in the South ; flesh usualljsomewhat coarse, juicy, good to poor. Late fall to late cross between Bartlett and the Chinese Sand Pear. Thebeaut}, vigor, and productiveness of this variety have estab-lished it as the most popular market variety of the country. It for canning, and is grown largely for that properly ripened the quality of the fresh fruit is low ;but if ripened slowly in a dark i^lace it develops a good flavor. 544 THE PEAR. In some sections it fruits sparingly in large blocks unless anothervariety is intermingled. Wonderfully popular with growers andcanners, but consumers are finding that it generally lacks to look at but insipid. Fig. 731. Lewis. Size below
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