UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 

 VAN MON'S LEON LE CLERC. 



Poire do Boulogne, | Louise Bonno de Boulogne, | Celestin. 



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Foreign. Distinct from ''Leon Le Clerc of Van Mons." A variety on 

 the Quince, bearing early, but not surely. In growth the tree is mode- 

 rately vigorous, nearly upright, yellowish olive wood with round grayish 

 spots. 



Fruit, very large, oblong obovate pyriform ; color, pale yellow, golden at 

 maturity, with brown in sun, russet specks and patches, some dark green 

 dots, and russet at base of stem ; stem, medium length and size, curved ; 

 calyx, large, open, broad, reflexed segments ; basin, medium ; core, medium 



