Souvenir d' Esperen Pear. 



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ma ; season, November to December ; keeps well until ripe, when it soon 

 decays ; quality " veiy good ; " core medium ; seeds small, plump, light- 

 brown ; tree healthy and hardy ; foliage dark green, peisistcnt through 

 the season. 



Souvenir d'Esperen Pear. 



This pear is one of the modern Belgian varieties, originated about twenty 

 years since, and dedicated to the memory of the late Major Esperen. 



