AMERICAN HOME GARDEN, 

 rig. 251. 



27. DUCHESSE D'ANGOULEME. 



Tree of upright, very strong growth, its luxuriance often re- 

 quiring to be checked by summer or root pruning. 



Young shoots light yellowish-brown. A fair bearer ; best 

 suited to warm soils and latitudes. 



Fruit very large, generally obtuse pyriform or oblong-obo- 

 vate ; surface knobby and uneven, greenish -yellow, with spots 

 and streaks of russet. 



Flesh yellowish-white, rather coarse, juicy, melting, and but- 

 tery. 



