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AUTUMN PEARS. 



long; cal3'x small, closed ; melting, juicy, rich. Early 

 mid-autumn, Good and handsome. Providence, R. I. 



Al'pha. Medium, obovate, slightl)- oblong ; greenish yellow, 

 with red dots to the sun; stalk an inch long, slightly 

 sunk ; basin round ; flesh juicy, buttery, sweet, fine. Mid- 

 autumn. Belgian. 



Ananas d^Ete. Rather large, obtuse-pyriform, skin smooth, 

 clear yellow, with numerous small dots, often with a blush ; 

 stalk stout and fleshy, basin small, flesh fine-grained, buttery, 

 and melting, sweet, and very good. Early autumn. 



Ambrosia. Size medium, round-obovate, slightly fiatiened 

 at ends; skin greenish-yellow, thickly dotted; stalk 

 about an inch and a half long, cavity rather broad and 

 shallow; calyx erect or closed, basin wide, plaited; flesh 

 slightly breaking, buttery, good second-rate, often only 

 third-rate. Early in autumn. French. 



Belle Lucrative, or Fondante d'Automne. Size medi- 

 um, obconic-obovate, som^etimes remotely pyriform ; sur- 

 face pale yellowish-green, slightl}^ russeted ; stalk an 

 inch and a quarter long, often fleshy, oblique ; cavity very 

 small and narrow; calyx short; basin smooth, sometimes 

 furrowed; flesh very juicy, with a fine texture, meliing, 

 rich, excellent. Very variable — when well grown and 

 fully ripened, it has no superior and few equals, in its ex- 

 ceedingly rich, delicate, perfumed flavor — but often of 

 poor quality. Early mid-autumn. Belgian. Growth 

 moderate, upright, shoots yellowish-gray. Fig. 192. 



Belmont. Size medium ; roundish-obovate ; skin yellowish- 

 green, a faint reddish-brown cheek to the sun ; stalk two 

 inches long, slender curved ; flesh rather coarse, juicy, 

 sweet, second-rate — first-rate for cooking. Mid-autumn. 

 English. 



Bergaviotte Cadette. {Syn. Beauchamps, Beurr'; Beau- 

 champs, Poire de Cadet. ^ Size medium ; round-obovate, 

 or round-oval ; surface greenish-yellow, often russeted 

 frequently tinged with reddish-brown to the sun ; stalk ar 

 inch and a fourth long, scarcely sunk on the rounded base 



