ANDREWS PEAR. 



TREE. Moderately vigorous, upright, little irregular, making very 

 slender wood while young, but becoming stronger as it advances in age. 



WOOD. Dark reddish brown, dotted with small white specks, rather 

 slender and short-jointed ; annual shoots, short; old wood, dull brown ; 

 buds, medium size, roundish ovate, full, diverging, with rather promi- 

 nent shoulders : Flower-buds, medium size. 



LEAVES. Small, oblong ovate, dull green, shortly pointed, rather 

 coarsely nerved, wavy on the margin, and finely serrated ; petioles, long, 

 nearly two inches in length, very slender. 



FLOWERS. Medium size ; petals cupped. 



FRUIT. Large, about three inches long and two and three quarter 

 inches in diameter: Form, obovate, pyramidal, slightly irregular, one 

 side being a little larger than the other, full at the base, and tapering 

 to the stem : Skin, fair, smooth, yellowish green, tinged with brownish 

 red on the sunny side, and dotted with a few scattered russet specks : 

 Stem, medium length, about three quarters of an inch long, rather 

 stout, curved, twisted and obliquely inserted without any cavity, usually 

 with a projection on one side : Eye, medium size, open, and deeply 

 sunk in a round basin ; segments of the calyx medium length : Flesh, 

 yellowish white, fine, melting and very juicy: Flavor, rich, sugary and 

 refreshing, with a peculiarly delicious aroma : Core, medium size : Seeds, 

 large, very long, light brown. 





RIPE in September and keeps three or four weeks. 



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