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THE PEAR. 



Stalk stout. Calyx open. Flesh tender, buttery, melting, very juicy, 

 brisk. October. (Hogg.) 



BEURRfi Millet of Angers. 



Origin, Angers, France. Tree vigorous and very productive. Young 

 wood yellowish brown. 



Fruit medium, roundish obovate. Skin greenish, covered with 

 russet and thickly sprinkled with minute russet dots. Stalk medium, 

 stout, curved, inserted in a rather abrupt cavity. Calyx open, set 

 in a deep irregular basin. Flesh whitish, somewhat butter}^, juicy, 

 melting, with a bx'isk vinous flavor. Good to very good. November to 

 January. 



Beurr6 Moire. 



Beurre Moiret. 



Beurr6 Moire. 

 Moire. 



Belle de Moire. 



A French Pear of vigorous and productive habit. Young wood 

 reddish vellow olive brown. 



