Wood reddish chestnut colour, spotted with 

 gray. 



Leaves ovate, acuminate, somewhat cordate 

 at the base, doubly serrated, and slightly downy 

 beneath; petioles about half an inch long, tinged 

 with purplish red at their base. 



Fruit ovate or oblong, generally tapering to 

 the eye, which is much hollowed, with a few slight 

 plaits. Transverse Outline by no means angu- 

 lar. Stalk about an inch long, in a deep, regular 

 cavity. Skin a very clear light yellow green, with 

 a few greenish dots, yellow on the sunny side, and 

 becoming as white as that of a Blanquet Pear when 

 fully ripe. Flesh whitish, firm, crisp, very juicy, 

 with a most agreeable, lively, sweetish, subacid 

 flavour. 



