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to late Autumn. Tree a healthy, vigorous grower, hardy, 

 productive; unreliable East and in Western New York, 

 but in the new, rich soils West, one of the best. Twenty 

 years ago this was regarded as the best of all pears ; now 

 it is an outcast in many localities. 



Duchesse d'AngOllleme, Origin France. Large to 

 very large, oblong, obovate ; dull greenish yellow, with 

 more or less of russet spots and streaks; flesh white, 

 buttery, juicy, excellent. Mid-Autumn. Tree a very 

 vigorous grower, the most successful on the quince, pro- 

 ductive and very profitable ; has gained much in popu- 

 larity in a few years, because better understood. Is now 

 regarded as one of the most valuable varieties- cultivated ; 

 it is next to Bartlett in popularity among the market- 

 growers all over the country. 



Emilc d'Heyst, Origin Belgium. Large, oblong, pyri- 

 form; clear yello\v, with a brownish cheek in the sun, 

 netted and patched with russet ; flesh yellowish white, 

 juicy, fine-grained, melting, sweet, aromatic, excellent. 

 Early Winter. Tree a vigorous, spreading grower, hold- 

 ing its foliage late in autumn, very productive ; taking 

 rank as a valuable early winter sort. 



Flemish Beauty (BELLE BE FLANDERS, and twenty 

 more synonyms). Large, roundish, pyriform ; yellow, 

 mostly covered with marblings and patches of light 

 russet, brownish red in the sun ; flesh yellowish white, 

 juicy, melting, sweet, rich, slightly musky. Early Au- 

 tumn. Tree hardy, vigorous, an early and abundant 

 bearer, and highly valued West for orchard or garden ; 

 sometimes seriously attacked with black fungus or rust, 

 and cracking in New York and Eastern States. 



FultODi Origin Maine. Below medium size, roundish, 

 flattened ; gray russet, becoming at maturity dark cinna- 

 mon russet ; flesh moderately juicy, half-buttery, spright- 

 ly, agreeable. Mid to late Autumn. Tree a moderate 



