URBANISTE PEAR. 



Tree. — Moderately vigorous, upright, regularly branched from the 

 base ; annual shoots rather slender, straight, of medium length, 



^OOD. — ^Light brownish olive, sprinkled with small whitish dots, and 

 short-jointed ; old wood, grayish olive ; buds, medium size, oval, rather 

 blunt, diverging : Flower-buds, small, obtuse. 



Leaves. — Medium size, ovate, largest in the middle, narrow, thick, 

 yellowish green, glossy, slightly folded inwards, deeply and finely serrated ; 

 petioles, medium length, about one inch long, rather slender. 



Flowers. — Small ; petals, narrow, wavy ; claw, long. 



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

 diameter : Form, obovate, regulai', large in the middle, rounding off to 

 the eye, and obtuse at the stem : Skin, fair, smooth, pale yellowish 

 green, with occasional patches of russet, often slightly tinged with blush 

 on the sunny side, and dotted with russet specks : Stem, medium 

 length, about three quarters of an inch long, stout, thick, with an uneven 

 surface, and inserted in a slight cavity : Eye, rather large, and slightly 

 depressed in a small shallow basin ; segments of the calyx short : Flesh, 

 white, fine, melting, and very juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, sprightly, 

 perfumed and dehcious : Core, large : Seeds, medium size. 



Ripe in October, and keeps four or five weeks. 



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