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Winter Pear. Rather small ; yellow striped, splashed and marbled 

 with red; cavity rather deep ; stem medium, basin narrow, regular ; 

 flesh yellowish, fine-grained, juicy, very spicy, mild sub-acid with 

 a decided pear flavor. Early autumn. Fig. 393. Russian. 



Section II. Not Striped. 



Bailey Spice. Fruit medium, roundish-conic; light yellow with 

 a faint blush ; stalk large, deeply set; calyx closed, basin moder- 

 ate; flesh fine-grained, tender, spicy, rich, sub-acid. Mid-autumn. 

 Origin, Plattsburgh, N. Y. 



Bellerdovskoe. Large, round, regular, smooth ; greenish yellow, 

 bronzed in the sun ; cavity regular, acute ; stem short, basin wide, 

 shallow; flesh white, juicy, sub-acid, good. Early autumn. 

 Fig. 396. Russian. 



FIG. 393. Winter Pear. FIG. 394. Raspberry. 



FIG. ^95. FIG. 396. FIG. 397. 



Blushed Calville. Bellerdovskoe. Ltveland Raspberry. 



Bietigheimer. (Red Bietigheimer.) Very large, round, oblate; 

 dark yellow, covered with purplish crimson ; flesh tirm, sub-acid, 

 good. Tree a vigorous grower and free bearer, hardy. German. 



Blushed Calville. Medium, roundish oblate; yellow, blushed on 

 side; cavity large, oblique; basin narrow, corrugated; flesh red- 

 dish white, fine-grained, sub-acid, quality good. Season August, 

 following Yellow Transparent. Fig. 395. Russian. 



Capron's Pleasant. Rather large, roundish-oblate ; greenish yellow ; 

 stem rather stout ; calyx large; cavity and basin medium ; flesh yel- 

 low, tender, mild, bub-acid, agreeable. September and October. 



Cracking. Large, roundish ; light yellow, with a tinge of red in the 

 sun ; stalk slender, in a deep, narrow, acuminate cavity ; basin deep 

 and narrow ; flesh a little coarse, yellow, with a pleasant breaking 

 texture, and a good sub-acid flavor. Valuable at the West. Ohio, 



