SAINT ANDRE' PEAR. 



WOOD. Clear reddish brown, dotted with small grayish specks, mod- 

 erately stout, and rather short-jointed ; old wood, olive brown ; buds, 

 medium size, long, rounded, rather sharply pointed, diverging, with mod- 

 erately large shoulders : Flower-buds, medium size, obovate, with rather 

 loose scales. 



LEAVES. Large, oblong obovate, broadest near the base, tapering to 

 the point, nearly flat, smooth, deep glossy green, and quite entire on 

 the edge ; petioles long, about one and a half inches in length, and 

 moderately stout. 



FLOWERS. Medium size ; petals rather short, round and cupped. 



FRUIT. Large, about three inches long, and two and a half in diam- 

 eter : Form, obovate, full towards the crown, and tapering regularly to 

 the stem : Skin, fair, smooth, yellowish green, becoming paler when 

 mature, finely spotted or marbled with dull red on the sunny side, and 

 dotted with dark green and russet specks : Stem, medium length, about 

 one inch long, moderately stout, curved, somewhat oblique, often swollen 

 and fleshy where it adjoins the fruit : Eye, medium size, open, and little 

 depressed in a very shallow basin ; segments of the calyx short, round : 

 Flesh, greenish white, fine, buttery, melting and juicy : Flavor, rich, 

 sprightly and vinous, with a peculiarly delicious aroma : Core, small : 

 Seeds, medium size, very pointed, light brown. 



BIPE in September and October, and keeps some time. 



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