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77. DUNMOKE. 

 Fruit very large, inclining to oblong ovate ; sides regularly convex, but unequal ; base 

 very obtuse, bearing a large, long, curved, oblique stem. Color greenish, dotted with 

 red russet. Calyx set in a rather deep, narrow depression. Flesh yellowish white, 

 rich, and regarded as a fine pear. 



78. FORELLE. 



Trout Pear. 

 Fruit of the medium size, oblong ovate, but more inclining to pyriform ; sides dissimilar ; 

 base obtuse, bearing a slender stem, one inch long. Color green, becoming yellow in 

 ripening, and finally tinted with a rich red on the sunny side, variegated with salmon- 

 colored dots. Calyx set in a basin with abrupt sides. Flesh white, fine-grained, rich, 

 and slightly vinous, November. 

 May be kept till the middle of December. 



Higher than wide. Base indented 



79. JALOUSIE DE FONTENAY VENDEE. 

 Fruit of the medium size, obovate, but narrowed at the base, terminating in a half-indented, 

 subacute base, bearing a curved, obliquely inserted stem, about one inch long. Color 

 dull yellow, greenish, marked with dots and small patches of russet. Calyx closed, and 

 set in a shallow, narrow basin. Flesh white, sprightly flavored. October. French. 



80. MARIE LOUISE. Plate 9, d. 



Fruit large, obliquely pyriform. Color yellow, with a brown cheek. Stem long and stout, 

 inserted in a small indentation. Calyx set in a small depression. Flesh juicy, varying 

 in its qualities, and frequently only second-rate. September. 



Height exceeds the breadth. Indented, 



81. PARADISE D'AUTOMNE. 



Autumn Paradise- 

 Fruit of the medium size or greater, pyriform, tapering from below the middle, with con- 

 cave sides, to an obtuse and obscurely indented base ; indentation obsolete from the 

 fleshy stem. Stem long, knobby at the insertion, thick and long, curved at its articula- 

 tion. Color yellowish orange, marked with confluent dots of russet ; skin uneven. 

 Calyx rather large ; depression narrow, distinct. Flesh fine, rich, buttery and high 

 flavored. Ripens about mid-autumn. 



Color of the bark yellowish, growing at first upright, afterwards straggling, vigorous. 

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