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a fleshy base without any cavity : Eye, medium size, open, 

 and scarcely depressed ; segments of the calyx short, project- 

 ing : Flesh, yellowish, fine, buttery, melting, and juicy : Fla- 

 vor, rich, sugary, and delicious, with a pleasant musky aroma : 

 Core, medium size : Seeds, medium size, rather long, dark 

 brown. Ripe in October. 



95. Beurre' Crapaud. Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. 1832. 



Some eight or ten years since, the late Hon. John Lowell 

 exhibited some specimens of pears under this name, but it 

 does not seem to have been introduced to but few collections. 

 The Cataloorue of the London Horticultural Society correctly 

 describes it as a first-rate pear, " of the nature of the White 



Fig. 23. Beurre Crapaud. 



Doyenne," and it so much resembles that old and favorite sort^ 

 that some cultivators have thought it must be synonymous 

 with it. It is, however, distinct. In form and color, it bears 

 a great resemblance ; but it possesses a more musky flavor, 



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