SIEULLE PEAR. 



Wood. — Brownish olive, moderately stout, rather long-jointed, smooth, 

 and regularly speckled with large, grayish white specks; buds rather 

 prominent, short, full, and pointed : Flower-buds obovate. 



Leaves. — Medium size, ovate, acuminate, hght gTeen, waved on the 

 margin, and very finely and regularly serrated ; petioles very long and 

 slender. 



Flowers. — Medium size, clear white ; petals obovate, and regulai^ly 

 cupped. 



Fruit. — Large, about two and a half inches long, and two and a half 

 in diameter : Form, roundish, little irregnilar, sometimes depressed, and 

 tapering slightly towards the stem : Skin, fair, smooth, dull yellow and 

 pale green, becoming very broadly shaded and marbled with bright red 

 on the sunny side, and regularly covered with large, reddish russet 

 specks, thickest where exposed: Stem, medium length, about three 

 quarters of an inch, very stout, straight, smooth, and rather deeply sunk 

 in a cavity formed by a swollen lip or projection on one side : Eye, me- 

 dium size, open, and slightly depressed in a shallow basin ; segments of 

 the calyx broad and reflexed : Flesh, white, fine, melting, and very 

 juicy : Flavor, rich, saccharine, vinous, refreshing, perfumed, and excel- 

 lent : Core, large : Seeds, large, dark brown. 



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Ripe in November, and keeps till Januaiy. 



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