La Juive Pear. 



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LA JUIVE PEAR. 



By Marshall P. Wilder, President American Pomological Society. 



Form obovate or turbinate, slightly irregular ; stem fleshy, stout, often 

 swollen at base, and inserted on one side ; calyx large, open ; color clear 

 lemon-yellow at maturity, a little russeted in blotches or traces ; flesh half 



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melting, juicy, a litde granulous at the core ; flavor sweet, tolerably rich, 

 slightly perfumed. Season, December ; keeps well ; quality "very good." 

 tree vigorous and hardy ; foliage persistent, forming a beautiful symmetri- 

 cal object. 



This is a seedling of the Belgian pomologist. Major Esperen, and figured 

 in the " Album de Pomologie." 



