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juice sweet, though not very highly flavoured it ri- 

 pens late in the spring ; it derives its name from the 

 peculiar form and curl of the leaf, resembling that of 

 the oak the tree is vigorous, the foliage very hand- 

 some. 



58. BEZY DE CAISSOY. 



This fruit is small and round, a little flat at the 

 crown ; the stalk is straight and deeply planted, the 

 eye small, and much sunk ; the skin green, turning 

 yellow when fully ripe, and covered with clouds or 

 spots of brown the flesh tender and buttery, the juice 

 resembles that of the Crasanne : it ripens in Novem- 

 ber. 



59. MARTIN SEC, 



This is a pear of moderate size, of a long pyra- 

 midal form, the colour brown, with a clear red next 

 the Sun, dotted with small white points, the flesh is 

 breaking, sometimes a little stony, sugary, slightly 

 perfumed, and of a pleasant taste the stalk is long 

 and bent, the eye small, but little sunk 5 it ripens in 

 November and December. 



