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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 

 rnid-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 Doyenn6, of the preceding class, approaches this 

 class in form. 



DIVISION II. AUTUMN PEARS. 



CLASS I. DISTINCT PYRIFORM 

 Section /. Large Pears. 



BEURRE 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. 



