THE PEAR. 



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conflict in regard thereto. The tree is very hixuiiant, hardy and bears 

 eai'ly and abundantly ; the yonng shoots upright, reddish olive brown. 

 The frviit requires to be gathered sooner than most pears, even before 

 it parts readily from the tree. If it is then ripened in the house it ia 

 always line, while, if allowed to mature on the tree, it visually becomea 

 soft, flavorless, and decays soon. 



Fruit large, obovate obtuse pyriform. Surface a little rough, the 

 ground pale yellow, but mostly covered with mavblings and patches of 



Flemish Beauty. 



light russet, becoming reddish brown at maturity, on the sunny side. 

 Stalk rather short, from an inch to an inch and a half long, and pi'etty 

 deeply planted in a peculiarly nai-row, round cavity. Calyx short, 

 open, placed in a small round basin. Flesh yellowish white, not very 

 fine-grained, but juicy, melting, veiy saccharine and rich, with a 

 Blightly musky flavor. Yery good. Last of September. 



Flemish Bon Chretien. 



Bon Chretien Turc. 

 Bonchretien Vernois. 



Turkish Pear. 

 Turkish Bonchretien. 



The Flemish Bon Chretien is an excellent cooking Pear, not very 

 productive. 



