The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . sterling. Skin yellow, sometimes with a few small patches of russet, and on thesunny side a mottled crimson cheek. Stalk rather stoiit, inserted in aslight cavity, sometimes by a ring. Calyx open, in a medium, rather un-even basin. Flesh rather coarse, jiiicy, melting, with a very sugary, briskfla-vor. Good to very good. Ripens last of August and first of Septem-ber. Steveks Genesee. de Doyenne Michel Crotte. Beurre des Beiges. This admirable Pear, combining in some degree the excellence of the Philippe Strie
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . sterling. Skin yellow, sometimes with a few small patches of russet, and on thesunny side a mottled crimson cheek. Stalk rather stoiit, inserted in aslight cavity, sometimes by a ring. Calyx open, in a medium, rather un-even basin. Flesh rather coarse, jiiicy, melting, with a very sugary, briskfla-vor. Good to very good. Ripens last of August and first of Septem-ber. Steveks Genesee. de Doyenne Michel Crotte. Beurre des Beiges. This admirable Pear, combining in some degree the excellence of the Philippe • 860 THE PEAR. DoyennI and Bergamotte, is reputed to be a seedling of Western Ne^vYork. It originated on the farm of Mr. F. Stevens, of , Living-ston Co., N. Y. Although placed among aiitumn pears, it freqiientlyripens here at the end of August, among the late summer shoots diverging, dark gray. Fruit large, roxmdish, and of a yellow color. Stalk about an. SteTens Genesee. inch long, stout, thicker at the base, and set in a slight, rather one-sided depression. Calyx with short, stiff divisions, placed in a smoothbasin of only moderate depth. Flesh white, half buttery, with a richaromatic flavor. Good to very good. First of September. Stone. Origin, Ohio. Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit large, roundish pyriform, uneven. Skin bright yellow with asunny cheek. Stalk large, long, and ciuved. Calyx large. Basin6pen, broad, and shallow. Flesh white, somewhat buttery, slightly astrin-gent. August. Styer. Origin uncertain, introduced by Alan W. Corson, of MontgomeryCo., Pa. Tree a very vigorous grower. Shoots stout and short-jointed,producJtive. Young wood olive yellow brown. Fruit medium or below, roundish oblate. Skin pale yellow, nelted,patched, and dotted with cinnamon rvisset. Stalk rather short, inserted THE PEAR. 861 in a small, shallow cavity. Calyx almost obsolete. Basin narrow, mo-derately deep.
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