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JHE PEAR. 



them well into bearing ; once at maturity, it is an abundant bearer. 

 It is a beautiful grower, making a perfect pyramidal head with little 

 pruning. It is also easily distinguished by its dark olive-green or 

 blue- green wood and its wavy leaves. 



Fruit, large, obovate, obtuse pyriform, often angular, and surface 

 rough ; color, pale greenish yellow, russeted around the stem, and 

 traces of russet and greenish gray russet specks over the whole sur- 

 face ; stem, one to one and a half inch long, often without cavity, 

 but flesh raised one side ; calyx^ medium, segments half reflexed ; 

 basin, rather deep, often furrowed or uneven, like the general surface 

 of the fruit, which is frequently apparently scolloped ; core, large ; 

 seeds, large, ovate, pointed ; Jlesh, white, fine-grained, buttery, juicy, 

 sugary, perfumed. Season, December to February. 



Golden Beurre of Bilboa. 



Hooper's Bilboa. 



Foreign. From 

 Spam ; tree, hardy, 

 requires rich, strong, 

 heavy soil, when it is 

 an abundant bearer 

 of fair, regular, me- 

 dium-sized fruit of 

 second-rate quality. 



Fruit, medium, ob- 

 ovate ; colm', rich 

 yellow, with russet 

 around the stem, and 

 many russet dots 

 and patches over 

 the entire surface ; 

 stem, slender ; cavity, 

 slight ; calyx, small, 

 mostly open, short 

 stiff segments ; basin, 

 shallow; Jiesh, fine- 

 grained, melting, jui- 

 cy, sometimes a little 

 ueid and harsh. Season, September. 



Heathcot. 



Gore's Heathcot 



Native of Waltham, Mass. This varietv has not recei-ved as 



