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6. BPN CHRETIEN D' ESP AGNE, OR GOOD CHRISTIAN OF 



SPAIN. 



This pear is very large and long, gradually lessen- 

 ing towards the stem, a little curved and truncated 

 about the foot of the stalk, which is large and very 

 long the eye is small, and planted in a deep and wide 

 tollow, bordered with ridges which extend towards 

 the middle of the fruit; the skin is spotted with dots, 

 of a brown colour, of a fine lively red towards the 

 sun, with a pale yellow on the shady side when ripe ; 

 the flesh is white, blended with grains of green, dry 

 and hard, or breaking and tender, according to the 

 season and soil the juice is mild and sweet when 

 growing on a favourable soil, and well exposed ; it 

 ripens in November and December. 



63. POUND PEAR. 



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This is one of the largest winter pears, it sometimes 

 weighs from twenty-six to twenty-eight ounces the 

 form is regular, full and round at the crown, lessening 

 gradually towards the stem, which is long and large- 

 the skin is green, with a brown cheek ; it becomes yel- 

 low, and the cheek takes a lively red when kept from 

 the air towards the spring ; it has a firm flesh, which 



