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second quality, but it cannot have any reference to this pear. 

 Lindley's description corresponds very nearly to ours, and 

 he states that the flesh, though slightly gritty, is "tender." 

 But with us, it is more than tender, for, although not quite so 

 juicy as some pears, it is decidedly melting. As the speci- 

 mens were grown on an open standard in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, that may have made some diff'erence. 



Fig. 9. Doyenni Santelete. 



The Doyenne Santelete, we believe, was raised by Van 

 Mons. It is of vigorous growth and habit, and bears tolera- 

 bly young, about the third or fourth year. It also grows freely 

 upon the quince. Wood, stout, yellowish, with large, slightly 

 oblong, whitish specks. 



