DIX PEAR 



Leaves. — Small, ovate, light green, broadest in the middle, tapering 

 to each end, little recurved on the midrib, shghtly wavy, and somewhat 

 reflexed at the edges, with a smooth and glossy surface, and very finely 

 serrated ; petioles long, about two inches in length, slender. 



Flowers. — Medium size, petals narrow. 



Fruit. — Large, about four inches long and three and a half in 

 diameter : Form, oblong, inclining to pyramidal, regular, largest in the 

 middle, tapering to an obtuse point at the stem : Skin, slightly rough, 

 greenish yellow, becoming pale yellow when mature, broadly tinged 

 with pale red in the sun, and mottled with dots of a deeper shade, 

 often russeted around the crown, and regularly and thickly covered with 

 large distinct russet specks : Stem, medium length, about an inch long, 

 rather stout, curved, and inserted in a shallow cavity, formed by swell- 

 ings and projections of the fruit, highest on one side : Eye, medium 

 size, open and slightly sunk in a very shallow, plaited or fmTowed 

 basin ; segments of the calyx short, stiff, projecting : Flesh, yellowish 

 white, coarse, melting, and juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, slightly vinous, 

 perfumed and deUcious : Core, rather large : Seeds, small. 



Ripe in November, and keeps four or five weeks. 



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