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Section III. Small. 



Bergamot, Summer. Small, round, yellowish green, with 

 a brownish cheek ; basin wide ; flesh juicy, moderately 

 rich, soon becoming mealy and dry. Ripens soon after 

 mid-summer. Growth feeble. 



Summer Portugal. (Syn. Passans du Portugal.) Size, 

 rather small, often nearly medium ; roundish-oblate, regu- 

 lar ; skin yellowish green or pale yellow, with a hand- 

 some red cheek in the sun, formed of the reddened dots ; 

 stalk about an inch long ; calyx stiff, erect ; cavity and 

 basin shallow; flesh white, breaking, tender, juicy, good 

 second-rate. Late summer. Very productive. Shoots 

 upright, reddish brown. 



Williams' Early. Rather small, roundish, remotely turbi- 

 nate, regular ; bright yellow, sunny side with scarlet dots; 

 stalk an inch and a half long, fleshy at insertion ; calyx 

 very short, erect, basin slightly plaited ; flesh white, 

 granular, juicy half-buttery, rich, slightly musky. End 

 of summer and first of autumn. Shoots dark. A hand- 

 some, good second-rate pear, a native of Roxbury, Mass. 



Summer Doyenne, of the preceding class, approaches this 

 class in form. 



DIVISION II. AUTUMN PEARS. 



CLASS I. DISTINCT PYRIFORM 

 Section I. Large Pears. 



3EURRE BOSC. (Syn. Calebasse Bosc.) Large, very 

 distinct pyriform, neck rather long and very narrow, acute ; 

 body large oblate ; surface nearly smooth, deep yellow, 

 russeted in patches ; stalk an inch and a half long, slen- 

 der, curved ; basin very shallow ; flesh juicy, buttery, 

 rich, perceptibly perfumed, sweet, excellent. Mid-autumn. 

 Growth moderate, a regular, even bearer. Fails entirely 

 on quince stocks. Belgian. Fig. 168. 



