PEAR 



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glabrescent, sub-coriaceous, shining dark green above, 

 paler and with fine reticulation beneath. Black when 

 dried, but autumn leaves rich yellow or reddish yellow. 

 Petiole slender, 2 7 cm., and usually as long as the 

 midrib, glabrous or pubescent. On young trees the leaves 

 may show signs of lobing. 



Fig. 104. Pear, Pyrus communis, p. 274 (Ett). 



Venation beautifully reticulate. The midrib gives off 

 about half-a-dozen weak, short, sinuous secondaries on 

 each side, starting as if pinnate, but rapidly looping and 

 breaking into a fine distinct network. Tertiaries off at 

 acute angles. Lowermost secondaries at more open angles 

 than the upper : medium about 40. 



[The Apple rarely has sharp dwarf shoots, and the leaf 

 is usually hoary beneath, the petiole shorter, and the 

 venation less reticulate. See p. 250.] 



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