UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 



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russet specks, dark red cheek in sun ; stem, rather long, swollen at base , 

 calyx, large, open : core, large ; flesh, white, coarse, melting, juicy, gritty 

 at core. September. 



SIGNORET. 



Sagaret. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium or below, roundish obovate, greenish yellow, 

 russet specks ; calyx, open ; flesh, coarse, breaking, hardly " good." No 

 yember. 



SOUVERAINE DE PRINTEMPS. 

 Poire de Printemps. 



Fruit, medium, ooscurely pyriform ; yellow, sprinkled with russet ; stalk, 

 short, inserted in a depression ; calyx, closed ; basin, irregular ; flesh, 

 white, juicy, melting, coarse 

 and granular, somewhat as- 

 tringent. March. 



ST. GHISLAIN. 



St. Galen. 



Foreign. Tree, upright, vig- 

 orous growth; young shoots, 

 light brown; requires warm 

 rich soil, otherwise a little in- 

 sipid. 



Fruit, below medium ; gene- 

 rally pyriform, but varying ; 

 color, pale yellow, or yellow- 

 ish green, with dots of green 

 underneath, and marblings of 

 russet on surface; stem, gene- 

 rally curved ; calyx, open ; 

 basin, shallow ; core, small ; 

 seeds, obovate pointed ; flesh, 

 white, buttery, juicy, and 

 sprightly. September. 



ST. DOROTHEE. 

 Royalo, | Nouvelle. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous. Fruit, large, acute pyriform ; skin, rough, 

 dull green, faintly browned in the sun; stalk, long and curved, in a very 

 shallow cavity; calyx, partially closed, moderately sunk in a rather 

 contracted basin ; flesh, white, fine, very melting and juicy ; flavor, rich, 

 saccharine and vinous, with an orange-like perfume. October. (Hov. 

 Mag.) 



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