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upon the way and time it is ripened. It certainly is the 

 very best kind of baking pear ; and, sometimes, we find 

 it a fine table pear. It probably requires a warmer tem- 

 perature to ripen than most other pears. It can not be 

 easily bruised when picked, as it is very firm, but all 

 pears can not be too tenderly handled and deposited. It 

 is very productive, hardy and large. The fruit branches 

 droojD. 



VIEGALIEU, see White Doyenne, or St. MichaeVs. 



VIEGALOUSE. Color, yellowish, green at maturity, 

 with gray or reddish dots ; form, conical ; use, table ; tex- 

 ture, juicy and rich ; quality, 1 ; season, October to Jan- 

 uary. 



Kemarks. — It has brought twenty dollars per barrel at 

 New York. Known as Butter, or St. Michael, at Boston. 

 It is of good size, high flavored and juicy, and has every 

 fine quality necessary. It should be picked some time 

 before it is ripe, as it is a long while ripening. Exhibited 

 by some member at the Horticultural Society Eooms. " A 

 good fruit." — Fruit Committee. 



WASHINGTON. Color, lemon yellow, with red rus- 

 set ; form, roundish ovate, or ovate pyriform ; size, 2 ; 

 use, table ; texture, juicy, sugary ; quality, 1 ; season, 

 August and Sej^tember. 



Eemarks. — Washington deserves its name ; it is excel- 

 lent, thrifty, hardy and productive. American — from 

 Delaware. Tree healthy, of moderate growth ; an annual 

 bearer. A young but moderate bearer. Fine for the 

 amateur, particularly further South. 



Wendell. Form, round, obtuse; size, 2; use, table; 

 season, August. 



