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EE. Fruit roinul-obovato ; iiu'dium to 

 large. 

 F. Side une(|u;il; j):itt'lu's and uettinjjjs 



of russet, greenish under ground.. 4G3. Doyenn^' du Cornice. 

 FF. Sides equal; overspread with rus- 

 set, yellow under ground 4(14. Sluddon. 



DD. Surface scarcely russeted or not at 

 all. 

 E. Fruit obovate-pyrif orin ; medium to 



large 405. ITowell. 



EE. Fruit round-obovate ; medium to 



large 400. Flemish Beauty. 



EEE, Fruit obovate-turbinate; small to 



medium 467. White Doyenne. 



EEEE. Fruit round-oval; yellow with 



bright blusli 468. Kieffer. 



EEEEE. Fruit round-oblate; greenisli- 



yellow without blush 469. Sudduth. 



AAA. Ripening in winter, with or after Beurre 

 Clairgeau. 

 B. Stem -end acute. 

 C. Fruit medium to large in size ; stem short. 

 D. Cheek heavily blushed; neck marked; 



early winter 470. Beurre Clairgeau. 



DD. Cheek scarcely or not blushed ; neck 



hardly nmrked ; mid-winter 471. Beurre Anjou. 



CC. Fruit enormous in size; stem long. 

 D. Color greenish -yellow with bright 



blush ; seeds abortive 472. Lincoln Coreless. 



DD. Color golden-yellow with bronze 



blush ; seeds normal 473. Pound. 



BB. Stem-end obtuse. 



C. Flesh tinged with pink 474. Josephine de Ma- 

 lines. 

 CC. Flesh yellow. 



D. Color golden-yellow Avith little russet ; 

 stem-end markedly truncate; early win- 

 ter 475. Lawrence. 



DD. Color greenish-yellow with much rus- 

 set; late winter 476. Winter Nelis. 



Section I. Summer Pears 



Group 1. Ohlong-pyriform Pears 



447. Bartlett (Fig. 110) leads all other pears in number of 

 trees in America, because of its great adaptability to different 

 climates, soils and situations, and because, barring frosts or 

 freezes, the trees bear full crops j^ear after year. The trees are 



