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stalk, which is about an inch and half in length, with a 

 fleshy projection on one side, at the insertion. Skin green, 

 dotted with brown. Flesh, melting, buttery, very juicy and 

 rich, slightly subacid and higlily refreshing. An excellent 

 Pear. It partakes of the nature of the Brown Beurre, 

 when the latter is ripened under favourable circumstances. 

 Season, October and November. 



Passe Cohnar Dore. Langelier. 

 This is the Passe Colmar. 



Passe Colmar Musqiie. De Jonghe. 



This has all the characters of the Passe Colmar when 

 grown well exposed on a standard or pyramid. The stalk, 

 the eye, colour, and flavour all agree. It is certainly not 

 different from the Passe Colmar. 



Has all the quality of the Passe Colmar, nothing more. 



Langelier s Seedling Queen Victoria Pear. Langelier. 



Much resembles the Glou Morceau. Flesh melting, 

 buttery, exceedingly rich and sugary. Season, January. If 

 it should prove sufficiently distinct from the Glou Morceau, 

 when grown under precisely the same circumstances, this sort 

 must be considered highly deserving of cultivation. 



Soldat Laboureur. (Esperen.) De Jonghe. 



The Soldat Laboureur has been confused with the Beurre 

 d' Aremberg. This, however, is quite different from the 

 latter ; but it is very like the Beurre Diel. Season, Novem- 

 ber and December. In point of flavour it was considered 

 as good as the Marie Louise. 



De Sorlus. (Van Mons.) De Jonghe. 



Fruit middle-sized, of an oval form somewhat resembling 

 that of the St. Germain. Skin pale yellow. Flesh rather 

 gritty, sweet, not so good as the Passe Colmar. Season, 

 November, December. Requires further trial. 



Fieine d' Hiver Pear. Langelier. 



Fruit small, turbinate. Stalk slender, about half an inch 

 in length. Eye open, rather deeply sunk in a rounded 

 hollow. Skin covered with smooth russet, reddish next the 



