PEAR D'ALBRET. 



pyi-amid, though inclined to grow somewhat spreading. It comes into 

 beaiing rather eai'ly. 



Teee. — Moderately vigorous, upright, and somewhat irregularly 

 branched, making a rather open and loose head; annual shoots, not 



very stout. 



^ooD. — Dai'k reddish brown, dotted with whitish specks, moderately 

 sti'ong, rather short-jointed ; old wood, grayish brown ; buds, medium 

 size, ovate, diverging, with prominent shoulders : Flower-buds, medium 

 size, swollen towards the base, and acutely pointed, deep brown. 



Leaves. — Small, about two inches long, and one inch wide, regularly 

 ovate, narrowing to each end, thin, deep green, glossy, finely nerved, 

 incurved little at the edges, and very finely serrated ; petioles, medium 

 length, about one and a quarter inches long, slender. 



Flowers. — Medium size ; petals, narrow, ovate, cupped ; claw, long. 



Fruit. — Lai'ge, about four inches long, and three in diameter : Form, 

 pyi-amidal, lai'gest near the crown, contracted about the middle, with a 

 somewhat elongated neck : Skin, shghtly rough, cleai' deep cinnamon 

 russet, bronzed on the sunny side, with dai'k russet specks : Stem, me- 

 dium length, about one inch long, stout, curved, swollen, fleshy at the 

 base, and obhquely attached, with a shght cavity on one side : Eye, me- 

 dium size, partially open, and very little depressed, in a small shallow ba- 

 sin ; segments of the calyx, short, twisted : Flesh, greenish white, coarse, 

 buttery, very melting and juicy: Flavor, Adnous, exceedingly rich, and 

 deliciously perfumed : Core, small : Seeds, small, sharply pointed, dark. 



Ripe in October, and keeps two or three weeks. 



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