WINTER NELIS FEAR. 



Wood. — Dark brownish yellow, slender, short-jointed, and sprinkled 

 with small grayish russet specks ; annual shoots always curved at the 

 ends ; buds remarkably prominent, diverging, long, full, and sharply 

 pointed : Flower-buds medium size, oval. 



Leaves. — Medium size, very long and narrow, tapering to each end, 

 folded, shghtly recurv^ed on the midrib, without serratui^es, and generally 

 pendent ; petioles long and slender. 



Flowers. — Large; petals obovate, reflexed at the edges, tapering 

 much to the claw. 



Fruit. — Medium size, about two and a half inches long, and two and 

 a quarter in diameter : Form, obovate, lai'gest in the middle, rounding 

 off towards the eye, and contracted near the stem, where it ends ob- 

 tusely : Skin, rough, dull yellowish green, becoming yellower when ma- 

 tm-e, and nearly or quite covered with brownish russet, darkest on the 

 sunny side, with a few dark specks interspersed over the smface : Stem, 

 long, about one and a quarter inches, rather slender, largest at the end 

 adjoining the branch, smooth, dai'k brown, and shghtly sunk in a shallow 

 ca\aty : Eye, medium size, open, and moderately sunk in a round basin ; 

 segments of the calyx broad and pointed : Flesh, yellowish white, fine, 

 melting, buttery, and juicy : Flavor, rich, sugaiy, highly perfumed, and 

 dehcious : Core, medium size : Seeds, large, neai'ly black. 



Ripe in December, and frequently keeps till February. 



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