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gray scarf-skin, sprinkled with numerous lenticels; branchlets long, reddish-brown mingled 

 with grayish scarf-skin, smooth, zigzag, glabrous, marked with conspicuous, raised lenticels. 



Leaf -buds large, obtuse, semi-free. Leaves 2\ in. long, in. wide, thin, leathery; 

 apex taper-pointed; margin finely serrate; petiole \\ in. long, slender. Flower-buds short, 

 variable in shape, free. 



Fruit ripe in late October and early November; medium in size, z\ in. long, 2 in. 

 wide, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, with unequal sides; stem f in. long, short, thick; cavity 

 obtuse, shallow, narrow, faintly russeted, furrowed, slightly lipped; calyx open; lobes 

 separated at the base, narrow, obtuse; basin shallow, narrow, obtuse, slightly furrowed; 

 skin thick, tough, roughened by the russet nettings, dull; color pale yellow, often with a 

 faint russet-red blush on the exposed cheek and marked with nettings and patches of 

 russet; dots numerous, small, russet, conspicuous; flesh tinged with yellow, granular espe- 

 cially around the core, tender and melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, pleasantly aromatic; 

 quality very good. Core closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical; 

 seeds medium in size and width, long, plump, acute. 



VERMONT BEAUTY 



i. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 65. 1889. a. Ibid. 176. 1890. 3. Ibid. 134. 1891. 4. Can. Hort. 

 16:184. 1893. 5. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 37. 1899. 6. Ellwanger & Barry Cat. 18. 1900. 7. Budd-Hansen 

 Am. Hort. Man. 2:267. 1903. 



The fruits of Vermont Beauty elicit praise from all who see or taste 

 them. The bright-cheeked pears are as alluring to the eye as those of any 

 other, and are almost as delectable as those of Seckel, which they resemble 

 in shape, but are larger and handsomer. Of all pears, those of this variety 

 (or of Forelle, with which it may be identical) best satisfy the eye for 

 bright color. The crop ripens a little later and keeps longer than that 

 of Seckel, and for these reasons, and because of the handsome appear- 

 ance, should sell better. The pears will probably be most used to grace 

 the table and for dessert, but the somewhat more sprightly flavor makes 

 them better suited for all culinary purposes than those of Seckel. The 

 trees are scarcely less satisfactory than the fruits. They are preeminent 

 among their kind by virtue of large size, rapidity of growth, productivity, 

 and hardiness, the region from which the variety came bespeaking greater 

 hardihood to cold than that possessed by the average variety. The trees 

 rejoice in vigor and health as do those of almost no other variety, and 

 while hardly as productive as those of Seckel, yet because of greater size the 

 pears fill the basket nearly as quickly. Vermont Beauty is one of the best 

 of the pears of its season, and deserves a place in the orchards of the 

 country for home and market. 



Vermont Beauty is supposed to have originated in the nursery of 

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