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VARIETIES. 



Waterloo. 



Fondante Charmeusc, 

 Desiree Van Mons, 

 Excellentissima, 

 Beurre Charmeuse, 



Belle Excellent, 

 Delices des Charmeuses, 

 Beurre de Waterlo, 

 Due de Brabant. 



OCTOBEK AND NOVEMBE: 



A beautiful, ex- 

 cellent Belgian 

 Pear, more com- 

 monly known as 

 Fondante Char- 

 meuse. It is vig- 

 orous and produc- 

 tive, and promises 

 well for general 

 cultivation. Fruit 

 large, pyriform, 

 with uneven sides; 

 calyx large; basin 

 rather deep and 

 irregular ; stem 

 long and curved, 

 set in flesh rising 

 to meet it ; flesh 

 verybuttcry. melt- 

 ing with abund- 

 ant rich, vinous 

 juice ) skin green- 

 ish, with deep 

 crimson blush. 



Fig. 114, 



