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THE PEAR. 



Thompson's. 



Foreign. Tree 

 of vigorous, d i - 

 verging habit; 

 young wood, yel- 

 lowish olive, with 

 grayish specks; 

 bears on the pear 

 about the sixth 

 year. 



Fruit, l^rge, ob- 

 ovate, obtuse py- 

 riform, surface un- 

 even; color, lemon 

 y e 1 1 o M', with 

 brownish red 

 cheek in sun, some 

 russet dots and 

 marblings, and rus- 

 set at the stem ; 

 stem, short, usually 

 planted or set on 

 angularly, with a 

 fleshy rim one side ; 

 calyx, with connec- 

 ted half-closed segments ; hasln, round, narrow, abrupt ; core, medi- 

 um ; capsules and seeds, formed like the fruit ; jlesh, white, buttery, 

 melting, sugary, slightly aromatic. Season, October and November. 



Urbaniste. 



St. Marc, | Louise of Orleans, 

 Beurre Picquery. 



Foreign. Moderately vigorous, healthy, hardy, well-suited to rich 

 soils West ; young shoots, upright, short-jointed, grayish yellow, not 

 an early bearer, but when in bearing produces regularly and abun- 

 dant. 



Fruit, medium, obovate pyriform ; color, pale yellow, ynth. gray 

 dots, and a few russet streaks ; stem, about an inch long, rather 

 stout ; cavity, shallow ; calyx, small, generally closed ; hasin, nar- 

 row, abrupt ; core, medium or small ; seeds, obovate pointed ; Jiesh, 

 white, yellowish at core, buttery, 'iielting, vinous. Season, October 

 a.nd November. 



