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Eemarks. — " Flesh, white, breaking, tender, juicy and 

 a little gritty, sweet, pleasant ; somewhat aromatic." — 

 A. H. Ernst. 



White Doyenne, Virgalieu, or Yellow Butter. See St. 

 MichaeVs. 



Eemarks. — "Excellently well adapted to the locality'" 

 of Cincinnati." — F. G. Gary. Should be picked before 

 ripe. Does well on quince or standard. Sometimes it has 

 cracked, but not lately ; probably from atmospheric causes. 

 Great sales of these trees in the nurseries. It is particu- 

 larly well adapted for the quince stock. 



Wiedow Pear. Color, yellowish green ; form, regular 

 turbinate ; size, 2 ; use, baking ; quality, 1 ; season, Sep- 

 tember and October. 



Eemarks. — Skin thin ; flesh, white, very melting, but- 

 tery, juice abundant, slightly acidulous, or vinous, agreea- 

 ble, perfumed, and highly flavored. Described by Andrew 

 Leroy in Horticulturist. A delicious, first-rate fruit-. 



Windsor, or Summer Bell. 



Eemarks. — Good for nothing. Exhibited by M. McWil- 

 liams, July 29, 1855. Fruit Committee considered it " A 

 poor fruit." 



AYiLLiAMs' Early (not Bartlett, or Bon Chretien). 

 Color, bright yellow, with rich scarlet dots on sunny side; 

 form, roundish, turbinate, regularly formed; size, 3.; use, 

 table ; texture, very juicy, half buttery, rich, with a slight 

 musky flavor. (^Downing' s Fruits and Fruit Trees of America). 



Eemarks. — Tree, a moderate grower. 



Wilbur. Color, yellowish green ; form, oval, obovate ; 



