HULL PEAR. 



slightly underneath on tlie sides, thickly nerved, and very indistinctly 

 serrated ; petioles, veiy long, about two inches, and rather slender. 



Flowers. — Medium size ; petals cupped. 



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

 quai'ters in diameter : Form, obovate, tapering to the stem, Avhere it 

 ends obtusely: Skin, shghtly rough, pale yellowish gi-een, tinged with 

 dull red on the sunny side, blotched with russet at the base of the 

 stem, somewhat traced with russet over the surface, and regulai'ly cov- 

 ered with brownish red specks : Stem, long, about one and a half 

 inches, smooth, rather slender, dark brown, and inserted without any 

 depression on an obtuse point : Eye, medium size, open, and sunk in 

 an uneven shallow basin; segments of the calyx, round, short: Flesh, 

 yellowish white, coai'se, melting, buttery and juicy, slightly gritty at the 

 core: Flavor, rich and sugary, with a spicy, dehcious ai*oma: Core, 

 large : Seeds, medium size, mostly abortive, long and pointed, dai'k 

 brown. 



Ripe in September, and keeps two or three weeks. 



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