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Popular Pears. 



slightly cni'ved, rather slender, set in a slight depression ; the flesh 

 yellowish-white, very juicy, with a rich peculiar flavor and aroma, unlike 



any other pear. It is, if possible, too rich, — almost cloying. The time of 

 ripening is last of September to last of October. The tree is a long time 

 coming to maturity, but lives to good age, and yields its rich fruit in abun- 

 dance, which always commands a high price. It is ver)- doubtful if a pear 

 of better quality can be produced. It seldom does well as a dwarf, and 

 should not be jdI anted as such. 



Urbaniste. — This is a variety of foreign origin that deser\'es a higher 

 place among pears than it has yet received. It is several years coming into 

 bearing, even on quince. It is, in all respects, a first-rate pear. The tree 

 is a fair grower, of regular shape, and compact, ver}^ hardy, with rather short- 

 jointed, yellowish wood, with peculiar roundish and prominent leaf-buds. 

 When the tree once comes into bearing, it yields large crops of fine, fair 

 fruit, which command a ready sale at good prices. Fruit medium to large 

 size, obovate, obtuse at stem-end ; stalk an inch or more long, often having 

 one or more leaf-buds upon it, rather stout, set in a slight depression ; calyx 

 small, nearly closed, in a narrow, well-defined cavity; skin thick, generally 



