DUCHESSE OF ANGOULEME PEAR. 



Leaves. — Medium si^e, ovate, broadest in the middle, shortly pointed, 

 slightly wavy, of a bright shining green, finely nerved, and nearly entire 

 on the edge ; petioles medium length, about one and a quarter inches 

 long, and rather slender. 



Flowees. — Medium size ; petals narrow, oblong, nearly flat. 



Fruit. — ^Very large, about four inches long and three and a half in 

 diameter : Form, roundish oblong, tapering little to the stem, where it 

 is very obtuse, with a very uneven and knobby surface : Sldn, fair, 

 smooth, rich deep yellow when mature, often tinged with blush on the 

 sunny side, with several scattered irregular russety patches, and the whole 

 surface regularly sprinkled with large russety specks : Stem, medium 

 length, about an inch long, thick and large where it adjoins the branch, 

 and deeply sunk in a round cavity : Eye, rather small, closed, and deeply 

 sunk in a much furrowed basin ; segments of the calyx short, incurved, 

 stiff: Flesh, white, fine, melting, buttery, and juicy: Flavor, rich, sac- 

 charine, perfumed, and excellent : Core, medium size : Seeds, medium 

 size, plump. 



Rtpe in October and November, and keeps well. 



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