MARIE LOUISE PEAR. 



Wood. — Clear deep olive, thickly dotted with very large, conspicuous 

 grayish specks, stout, and rather short-jointed; old wood, very dark 

 gray olive ; buds, large, sharply pointed, diverging, with very prominent 

 shoulders. 



Leaves. — Medium size, ovate, acuminate, nearly flat, thick, deep 

 green, wavy, and sharply but not deeply serrated : petioles, very long, 

 about one and a half inches in length, rather slender. 



Flowers. — Large ; petals, obovate ; claw, long. 



Fruit. — Large, about four inches long, and three in diameter : Form, 

 oblong, largest about the middle, narrowing to each end, swollen on one 

 side, and obhque at the crown: Skin, fair, smooth, thin, pale green, 

 becoming of a fine yellow when mature, occasionally marbled with red in 

 the sun, often much russeted, and sprinkled with green and russet 

 specks: Stem, long, about one and a half inches in length, moderately 

 stout, curved, and obliquely inserted, without any cavity, under a swollen 

 lip : Eye, medium size, partially closed, and moderately sunk in a small 

 and much furrowed basin ; segments of the calyx, long, stiff, diverging : 

 Flesh, yellowish white, fine, melting, buttery, and exceedingly juicy : 

 Flavor, rich, saccharine, vinous, perfumed, and delicious : Core, medium 

 size : Seeds, medium size, long, pointed, dark brown. 



PtiPE in October, and keeps well through November. 



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