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little pains in pruning, acquires a very regular conical form. A 

 characteristic of its growth is, that the branches grow nearly at 



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right angles to the stem, and often nearly opposite to each other, 

 giving an open head and regular shape. The wood is not stout, 

 nor yet slender ; it is of a pale brown with a slight yellowish shade, 

 occasionally armed with imperfect thorns. This variety is remark- 

 ably free from diseases and defects. I have never known an in- 

 stance of blight or of cracking of the bark, or of that obstinate 

 refusal to bear sometimes met with in other kinds. 



The fruit much resembles the Vergalieu in size, and in appear- 

 ance when ripe, though not quite f^o goUlen; but its rich, juicy, 



