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LE CURE, see Vicai- of Wmkjield^ Monsieur Le Cure^ or 

 Clion. A pear very profitable for market — productive 

 and early. 



Little 3fuscat. Color, yellow, with a dull red cheek; 

 form, turbinate; size, 4 (very small) ; use, table ; texture, 

 breaking, sweet, with a slight musk flavor ; qualit}^, 2 to 

 3; season, July, sometimes even June. 



Remarks. — French. It is the earliest of j^ears, and 

 that is its chief merit. It bears most enormously, in 

 clusters. It is only passably good. Can be sold by the 

 quart at eight or nine dollars per bushel. It is very 

 common to see it on the same stall with cherries. Trees 

 very handsome, of fine pyramidal growth, and hardy. 



Locke. Color, yellowish green; form, round obovate; 

 size, 2; use, table; texture, juicy, vinous; quality, 2 ; sea- 

 son, October. 



Remarks. — American — West Cambridge, Mass. 



Long Green. Color, green, dark gray spots ; form, 

 oblate, ovate pyriform ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, melt- 

 ing ; quality, 1 ; season, September and October. 



Remarks. — An old foreign variety ; always very good, 

 and an abundant bearer. 



LOUISE EONNE DE JERSEY. Color, smooth and 

 glossy, green in shade, brownish red in sun, dotted with 

 gray dots ; form, oblong pyriform ; size, 1 ; texture, white, 

 juicy, melting, and delicious; quality, 1 ; season, Septem- 

 ber and October. 



Remarks. — One of the best and most productive large 

 pears. Best on quince. From the Island of Jersey. Tree 

 hardy, very productive, and very early in bearing. Fruit 

 rather variable in quality. Shoots vigorous. Fruit of 



