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THE MADELEINE PEAR. 



Madeleine. Noisette, Jard. Fr. Hi. p. 104. pi. 26. Hort. 



Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 385. 

 Citron des Carmes of the French, and Hort. Cat. no. 189. 



There is no doubt that the fruit now repre- 

 sented is the Madeleine Pear of the French, although 

 it does not entirely agree with all that has been 

 said of it. Trees have been received by the Horti- 

 cultural Society under this name, both from the 

 Jardin du Roi, at Paris, and from other establish- 

 ments in France, which all prove to be the same 

 thing. It is said to have received its name from 

 ripening about the time of the Fete de Sainte Ma- 

 deleine. 



An excellent early variety, bearing freely on a 

 standard, maturing in the third week of July, and 

 keeping for a few days, if gathered before it is over- 

 ripe. It bears much resemblance to the Citron 

 de Sierenz, from which it chiefly difl'ers in the 

 wood and leaves. 



Wood bright, clear, reddish brown, with a few 

 scattered, prominent, pale spots. 



Leaves cordate, ovate, tapering a little to the 

 point, finely serrated, quite flat. 



Fruit middle-sized, turbinate, with a thicken- 

 ing on one side of the stalk, which is about an 

 inch long. Eye slightly hollowed. Skin yellowish 



