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liarly liable to attack, and recently has not been much 

 planted. 



Josephine de Malines. Medium size, roundish, flat- 

 tened ; pale yellow or straw color at maturity, sometimes 

 netted and patched with russet ; flesh white, tinted with 

 rose, juicy, melting, sweet, slight aroma. Mid- Winter, 

 often keeps until Spring. Tree a moderate grower, hardy, 

 foliage small, quite productive ; a very valuable late pear, 

 and rapidly gaining in popularity. 



Lawrence, Origin Long Island. Medium or above 

 in size, obovate, obtuse pyriform; clear, light yellow, 

 with more or less of russet ; flesh juicy, melting, sweet, 

 aromatic. Early Winter. Tree a moderate grower, 

 healthy, and a good bearer ; valuable both for garden and 

 orchard. It usually commands the highest price in 

 market ; one of the most valuable early winter sorts. 



Fvedale's St. Germain (POUND, and over thirty other 

 synonyms). Large, pyriform ; yellowish green ; flesh 

 firm, excellent for baking or stewing. Early to late 

 Winter. Tree a strong, healthy grower, very productive ; 

 valued everywhere for cooking or preserving. 



Vicar Of Winkfield (LA. CUBE, and two dozen more 

 synonyms). Origin France. Large, long pyriform ; pale 

 yellow at maturity, often, when well grown, with a 

 brownish red cheek ; flesh moderately juicy, half-buttery, 

 sprightly and good. Early to mid or late Winter. Tree 

 a healthy, vigorous grower, and very productive ; this is 

 one of the most profitable as an orchard sort among the 

 whole list of pears, but needs to be well grown to be 

 good ; trees are apt to be overladen and should be 

 thinned. 



Winter Nelis (BONNE DE MALiNES,etc.). Medium size, 



or below, roundish, obovate; yellowish green, patched 



and marbled with considerable russet ; flesh fine-grained, 



buttery, very juicy, sugary, aromatic. Early Winter. 



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