BELLE LUCRATIVE PEAR. 



Wood. — Yellowish, sparsely dotted with whitish specks, rather stout 

 and short-jointed; old wood dull yellow, somewhat mottled with grayish 

 olive ; buds large, full, sharply pointed, diverging, with rather promi- 

 nent shoulders : Flower-buds medium size. 



Leaves. — ^Medium size, oblong-oval, tapering to the point, much 

 waved at the edges, deep glossy green, dehcately nerved, and regularly 

 and finely serrated ; petioles slender, and nearly two inches long. 



Flowers. — Medium size ; petals roundish oblong, cupped. 



Fruit. — Medium size, about three inches long and three inches in 

 diameter : Form, roundish obovate, somewhat variable in shape, full at 

 the crown, and regularly tapering to the stem, where it ends obtusely : 

 Skin, slightly rough, dull yellowish green, occasionally little browned on 

 the sunny side, more or less traced with russet, and covered with small, 

 russet specks : Stem, medium length, about one inch long, stout, nearly 

 straight, knobby and wrinkled, little fleshy at the base, and inserted, on 

 one side of a slight projection, in a very shallow cavity: Eye, medium 

 size, open, and little sunk in a broad, shallow basin ; segments of the 

 calyx very short and round : Flesh, white, fine, very melting and juicy : 

 Flavor, rich and sugary, with a delicious aroma : Core, medium size : 

 Seeds, medium size, dark brown. 



Ripe the last of September, and keeps two or three weeks. 



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