BUFFUM PEAR. 



rouud- headed trees. It is rather late in coming into bearing, and it 

 does not succeed well on the quince. 



Wood. — Reddish brown, sparsely dotted with small whitish specks, 

 moderately stout and short-jointed; old wood, dull brown; buds, small, 

 short, broad at the base, erect, flattened : Flower-buds, medium size, 

 obtuse, dark brown. 



Leaves. — Large, roundish-ovate, narrowing towards each end, thick, 

 deep green, glossy, wavy, prominently nerved, and coarsely and obtusely 

 serrated; petioles, medium length, three quarters to an inch long, 

 stout, holding the leaves erect. 



Flowees. — Medium size : petals roundish, cupped. 



Fruit. — Medium size, about two and a half inches long, and two 

 and a quarter inches in diameter: Form, ovate, inclining to. obovate, 

 largest around the crown, rounding off" the stem, where it ends obtusely : 

 Skin, fair, smooth, pale yellow, interlaced with russet, brownish red on 

 the sunny side, and dotted with a few greenish and russety specks : Stem, 

 short, about half an inch long, stout and slightly sunk in a shallow cav- 

 ity : Eye, rather large, and little depressed in a shallow basin ; segments 

 of the calyx short, rounded: Flesh, yellowish white, fine, melting and 

 juicy: Flavor, rich, sweet, and pleasantly perfumed: Core, medium 

 size : Seeds, medium size. 



Ripe in September, and keeps two or three weeks. 



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