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yond all these excellent qualities, this variety has the merit 

 of bearing early, and of keeping until the end of December, 

 a period when good fruit is scarce. From all the preceding 

 considerations, it remains for the members of the committee 



Fig. 29. Beurri Bachelier. 



of horticulture to say that the pear, presented by M. Bachelier 

 to the society, constitutes a superb production, a truly horti- 

 cultural conquest. This magnificent fruit is particularly 



