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Beurre Langelier : Second size, flesh melting, juice abundant and 

 savory. 



Beurrd Phillippe Delfosse : Second size, very melting, very juicy and 

 sugary, and highly perfumed. 



Doyenne du Cornice : First size. This is, in my estimation, the finest 

 of all Pears, more especially when grown on the quince stock. 



Hebd : First size to very large, flesh fine and very melting, juice abun- 

 dant, sugary, and very acidulated. I imported this splendid Pear from 

 America in 1870. It was a seedling between Beurre Easter and Duch- 

 esse d'Angouleme. 



Marshall P. Wilder : First size, flesh very melting and flne, juice ex- 

 cessive, sugary, and deliciously perfumed. 



Onondaga : First size, melting, juicy and sugary, but of no great flavor. 



Soldat Laboureur : First size, flesh melting, juice excessive and de- 

 liciously perfumed. 



Yan Mons. Leon Le Clerc : First size. One of the finest Pears in cul- 

 tivation. 



Mr. Scott says that he was given "a very carefully selected list of all 

 '* the finest November Penrs. I have many others that I felt tempted to 

 " give a place in the list, but, having set out with a determination to 

 " eliminate all that did not fully reach the highest grade in quality, I re- 

 " luctantly withheld some kinds that were, by comparison, only a little 

 " lower in the scale than those just named " He also remarks that some, 

 in each of his fists, " will be found to ripen in the month preceding and 

 " succeeding the periods assigned ; i. e., some of the early October sorts 

 " will be ripe in the end of September, and some of the later kinds will 

 " run into November." 



Mr. Scott has also furnished a condensed list of the choicest December 

 Pears, as they approve themselves to him after test, upon which, in his 

 judgment, growers may rely with confidence. Among them are the fol- 

 lowing, more or less familiar to the members of this Society from actual 

 experience or accredited reputation : 



Alexandre Lambrd : described in November list, but good also for 

 December. 



Bergamotte Esperen : Second to first size, very melting, very juicy 

 and delicious. This is, if not the best, at least one of the best Winter 

 Pears. B^zi d'Esperen is often sold for it, but it does not keep so long. 



Beurrd Bachelier : First size, melting, juice excessive, sugary, deli- 

 cate, and perfumed. 



Beurrd Berckmans : First size, very melting, juice excessive, refreshing 

 and delieate. 

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