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THE PEAR. 



Beurre d'Aremberg. 



Due d'Aremberg, 



Colrnar Descharaps, 



L'Orphelines, 



Soldat Laboureur of some, 



Deschamps, 

 D'Aremberg PaifaJt, 

 Beurre des OrphelineS 

 Orpheline d'Enghein. 



A foreign variety which has been often confounded with Glout 

 Morceau and Soldat Laboureur, from both of which it is distinct. 

 The wood is strong, long-jointed, yellowish brown, dotted with pale 

 gray specks ; leaves, narrow, deeply serrated ; trees, very hardy, 

 bear young on the pear root, annually and abundantly ; the fruit 

 hangs' well, and may be gathered and ripened at will from Decem- 

 ber to February. A warm, rich soil suits it best. 



Fruit, above medium, obovate, obtuse pyriform, tapering toward 

 the stem, where it often terminates in a fleshy junction; color ^ dull 

 pale green, at maturity light yellow, clouded with green, with traces 

 and patches of light cinnamon russet ; stem, short, stout, uneven, set 

 obliquely, without depression; calyx, snia.l, closed, segments short; 

 hasin, rather deep ; core, medium ; seeds, light brown, acutely pointed ; 

 fiesh, white, juicy, melting, vinous. Season, December to February 



