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PEAR 



P. communis, L. Pear (Fig. 136). Stalk usually long 

 and seeds deep brown. 



tt Flesh soft or mealy, fruit not longer than 

 10 20 mm., endocarp brittle. 



Pome olive-brown with grey dots; pyriform 

 or sub-globular, ^-celled. 



Fig. 136. Pear, Pyrus communis. 1, flowering shoot; 2, vertical 

 section of flower; 3, fruit in section; 4, floral diagram (Wo). 



P.torminalis,Ehr. Wild Service-tree (Fig. 137). The 

 fruit is about 15 mm. long, crowned by the remains of 

 stamens, calyx, &c. ; the flesh becomes brown and almost 

 friable after bletting by frost. The peculiar whitish-grey 

 dots on the fruit are lenticels. 



