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Van Mons Leon le Clerc. Color, pale yellow, gold 

 at maturity ; form, ovate, obovate pyriform ; size, 1 ; use, 

 table; texture, buttery, melting, juicy; season, October 

 to January. 



Eemarks. — Foreign. Valuable on the quince. Bears 

 early and well^ Very large and fine, but the tree is 

 always old. Has no stamina or victor. 



Verte Longue. Color, green, even at maturity, with 

 numerous minute dots; form, long pyriform, narrowing a 

 good deal from the middle toward both ends; size, 2 ; use, 

 table ; texture, very juicy, with a sweet, slightly per- 

 fumed, very excellent flavor; quality, 2; season, August 

 and September. 



Eemarks. — Yery pleasant and lively tasted fruit. Bears 

 abundant crops. The true sort is large, green and good. 

 We doubt if all our nurserymen have the real Mouthwa- 

 ter, one of its synonymes. 



Yerte Longue, or Fanachee. Color, yellow and green 

 striped ; form, round at blossom end ; size, 2 ; use, table ; 

 texture, buttery ; quality, 2 ; season, September. 



Eemarks. — Striped sort. Bears abundantly. 



YICAE OF WI^KFIELD, Le Cure, Clion, etc. Color, 

 skin fair and smooth, pale yellow, sometimes, with a 

 brownish cheek, and marked with small brown dots; 

 form, long, pyriform, often six inches, and a little one- 

 sided ; size, 1 ; use, table, but chiefl}^ cooking ; texture, 

 vcr}' juicy generally, but it varies; sometimes it is but- 

 tery, often crisp, with a good sprightly flavor; quality, 1 ; 

 season, October to January. 



Eemarks. — The opinions difl'er more on this fruit than 

 any other, unless it be Passe Colmar. A great many 

 highly approve of it. It depends, we think, a great deal 



