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PEAR GROWING IN CALIFORNIA. 

 Souvenir. 



Origin France. Size large. Color handsome yellow with red blush. 

 Skin covered with light green dots with yellow center. Shape, obtuse 

 pyriform. Calyx closed. Basin deep and irregular. Stem short, 

 heavy, f inch more or less. Cavity small. Quality poor. Season 

 medium early. 



Fig. 84. Leaf of Souvenir. 



Fig. 85. Souvenir. 

 Superfin. 



Origin France. Size medium. 

 Color yellow with cinnamon russet. 

 Shape round pyriform. Texture, 

 juicy, buttery, melting. Flavor 

 vinous, subacid. Quality good to 

 very good. Season medium. (Des- 

 cription by Ragan.)^ 



Touraine. 



Size medium. Color greenish 

 yellow, no blush. Shape oblong 

 pyriform. Calyx partly closed. 

 Basin medium. Stem long, 1^ inch 

 or more, emanates from one side. 

 Cavity small. Quality medium. 

 Season late. 



Fig. 86. Superfin. 



2 "Nomenclature of tlie Pear." Bulletin 12G, Bureau of Plant Industry. 



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