_Synonym_: American Summer Pearmain.
A rich, highly flavored fruit, much esteemed where it is known. It
appears to be quite different from the Summer Pearmain (of the English),
and is probably a seedling raised from it. It ripens gradually from the
10th of August to the last of September. Tree moderately vigorous, with
slender branches, round headed. Young shoots dull, reddish brown. Fruit
of medium size, oblong, widest at the crown, and tapering slightly to
the eye. Skin red, spotted with yellow in the shade, but streaked with
livelier red and yellow on the sunny side. Stalk three-fourths of an
inch long, and pretty deeply inserted. Eye deeply sunk. Calyx closed.
Segments short, erect. Basin abrupt, slightly corrugated. Flesh yellow,
remarkably tender, with a rich and pleasant flavor. It often bursts when
falling from the tree. Quality best. Core medium.