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THE LONG-STALKED BLANQUET PEAR. 



Blanquet a longue queue. Duhamel, Traite des Arbres 

 Fruitiers, vol. ii. p. 13 L t. 6. B. Noisette, Jardin 

 Fruitier, tab. 27. Hort. Sac. Fruit Cat. no. 131. 



A good early Pear, a great bearer, very sweet, 

 crisp, and juicy, and not rotting so quickly as most 

 of the Pears of the same season. 



It is one of the first that ripen, being in per- 

 fection from the 20th to the 30th of July. Com- 

 pared with others of the same season, it has high 

 merit, although it certainly does not possess quali- 

 ties comparable with those of the rich varieties 

 peculiar to the end of the season. 



The French find great difficulty in distinguishing 

 the different kinds of Blanquet, which is not to be 

 wondered at, if we consider the very slight dif- 

 ferences that, according to their own account, exist 

 between them. They are the same in quality, and 

 one is quite sufficient for any Garden to possess. 



Wood strong, reddish brown, a little silvery 

 on the lower ends. Buds middle-sized, lying close 

 to the wood. 



Leaves small, on very long stalks, finely 

 toothed. 



Flowers broad, with flat roundish petals, 

 sometimes rather pink. 



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