GLOUT MORCEAU PEAR, 



Leaves. — Broad, thick, deep green, wavy at the edges, deeply and 

 sharply serrated : petioles rather short and stout. 



Flowers. — Medium size, about an inch in 

 diameter, of a beautiful white, and opening 

 nearly flat. 



Fruit. — Lai'ge, about three inches long and 

 two and a half in diameter: Form, shghtly 

 oblong, large and full at the crown, suddenly 

 contracted near the stem, and ending in an 

 obtuse point : Skin, rough and pale green, be- 

 coming of a rich, waxen yellow when mature, 

 russeted around the stem, with traces of russet over the surface, inter- 

 spersed with dark greenish and grayish russet specks : Stem, medium 

 length, about one inch, very thick, especially when taken from the tree ; 

 uneven, smooth, pale russety brown, and obhquely inserted in a shght 

 cavity: Eye, medium size, open and deeply sunk in a rather fm-rowed 

 basin : Flesh, white, fine, buttery, melting and very juicy : Flavor, rich, 

 sugaiy, perfumed and dehcious : Core, lai'ge : Seeds, large. 



Ripe from December to February, according to the season ; its usual 

 period, December. 



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