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THE FLORIST. 



DESCRIPTIVE LISTS OF FRUITS. 



No. X. 



PEARS {continued from ^. 182). 



10. Beurre Diel. Fruit very large, generally of an obtuse-pyri- 

 form shape (like the figure), but sometimes more obovate ; irregular 

 in outline. Its greatest diameter is at about two-thirds of its length 



from the stalk, from whence it diminishes to both extremities ; the 

 base is broad, and often oblique ; the crown is generally broad and 

 uneven. Stalk about an inch long, thick, inserted in a small cavity, 

 often obliquely. Eye seated in a wide uneven basin; segments 



