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Vallee Franche. Size medium, obovate or turbinate, acute; 

 pale green, -becoming pale yellowish green ; stalk an inch 

 long, not sunk ; basin shallow ; flesh white, rather coarse, 

 juicy, with a simply sweet, third-rate flavor. End of sum- 

 mer. Valueless. 



Tyson pear, of the preceding class, often approaches this in 

 outline. 



Section III. Small. 



Amire Joannet. (Syn. Early Sugar, St. John's pear, Joan- 

 ette.) Small ; roundish obovate or turbinate, with a very 

 small and short neck; light green becoming yellow, usually 

 with a reddish brown cheek, and with conspicuous red 

 dots ; stalk an inch and a quarter long, fleshy at inser- 

 tion ; calyx large, not sunk ; pleasant and 'moderately 

 juicy, becoming dry, and with a sweet, second or third 

 rate flavor. Ripens about a week before wheat harvest, 

 and is the earliest pear known, which comprises its merit. 

 Growth stout, upright, vigorous, leaves flat, tree very pro 

 ductive, bearing when young. 



DEARBORN'S SEEDLING. Scarcely medium in size, obovate 

 turbinate, regular, smooth ; surface clear yellow, with 

 minute specks ; stalk an inch long, sunk little or none , 

 basin very shallow; flesh very fine grained, juicy, melt- 

 ing, and of fine flavor. Ripens nearly with the Bloodgood, 

 or middle of 8 mo., (Aug.) Shoots straight, long, dark 

 brown. Tree bears when young ; the fruit always fair 

 and of first quality in nearly all localities. 



Edward's Henrietta. Size, a little below medium ; obovate, 

 crown flattened ; stalk set on the rounded point of the 

 neck ; skin smooth, pale yellowish green, dots few; stalk 

 an inch and a half long, cavity small or none ; calyx 

 closed, basin shallow, faintly plaited, melting, juicy, sub- 

 acid, with a good second-rate flavor. Very productive. 

 Late summer. Origin, New Haven, Conn. 



Green Chisel. Small, nearly round, color green; stalk 

 three-fourths of an inch long, scarcely sunk ; calyx rather 

 large, crumpled; flesh juicy, slightly gritty, sweet, of 

 second or third-rate flavor. Late summer. Shoots erect. 



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