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ever, considerable deviations from what is termed tlie normal shape of 

 the pear, taking normal to mean the true pyrifonn. Plates Nos. 5, 6, 

 7, and 8 illustrate some of the best known, varieties of the p^ar, and 

 show the shapes the fruit commonly takes. 



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These, together with oval and obovate, are the principal forms of 

 pears, but often it is necessary to use compound terms, such as roundish 

 obovate, &c., in order to correctly describe a particular variety. In 

 addition, pears of one variety may vary much from their true shape, 

 owing to different causes. Thus a pear that is cross-pollinated is 



