BONNE DES ZEES PEAR. 



Leaves. — Medium size, ovate, narrowing most to the point, light 

 green, thin, considerably folded inwards, recurved on the midrib, and 

 entire at the edge ; petioles, rather long, about one and a half inches in 

 length, and moderately stout. 



Flowees. — Medium size ; petals, ovate, cupped. 



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

 half in diameter : Form, obtuse pyramidal, full at the crown, blunt at 

 the stem, and little enlarged on one side : Skin, fair, smooth, yellowish 

 gTeen, becoming lemon yellow when mature, beautifully mottled and 

 clouded with pale red in the sun, somewhat russeted around the crown, 

 and regularly covered with very large russet specks : Stem, rather short, 

 about half an inch long, stout, little knobby, straight, and obhquely 

 inserted in a scarcely perceptible cavity, surrounded with knobby projec- 

 tions : Eye, medium size, partially closed, and slightly depressed in a 

 broad, shallow basin ; segments of the calyx, very short : Flesh, yellow- 

 ish white, rather fine, melting, buttery and juicy : Flavor, rich, sprightly, 

 perfumed and excellent : Core, large : Seeds, medium size, obovate. 



Ripe in September, and keeps two or three weeks. 



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