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flesh butteiy, meltmg, with a sweet, fine flavor. Late 

 autumn. 



Fondante de Noel. {Syn. Belle Apres Noel.) Medium or 

 rather small, obtuse-pyriform, pale greenish yellow, with a 

 red cheek, flesh whitish, melting, juicy, very good. A seed- 

 ling of the Passe Colmar, ripening earlier, and of similar 

 flavor — a fine late autumn sort. 



Grand Soleil. Size medium, roundish, orange-yellow, with a 

 russety red blush; stem swollen at base; calyx small, 

 closed ; flesh buttery and melting, and of fine quality. 

 Promises well for orchard cultivation — a great bearer. 

 Late autumn. 



Inconnue Van Mons. Medium, obconic-pyriform ; skin fair, 

 smooth, pale green, crown russeted ; flesh melting, juicy, 

 ricli, very good. Early winter. 



Josephine de Malines. Medium or rather small, roundish 

 obovate. with a yellowish blush, flesh yellowish white, melt- 

 ing and juicy, rich. A moderate grower, leaves smal - 

 grows well on quince. Keeps till spring. 



Louise de Frusse. Medium or large, obovate ; color a dull 

 green becking a golden hue at maturity ; flesh white, 

 melting, buttery, juicy, rich. Late autumn. 



Rousselet Stuttgart. Size medium, obovate pyramidal, slightly 

 necked, greenish yellow in the shade, dull brownish red in 

 the sun; flesh half melting, rich, sugary, and aromatic. 

 First of autumn. Hardy, erect, a handsome grower, and 

 great bearer. Shoots dark. 



Sheldon. Medium to large, roundish obovate, very obtuse ; 

 skin pale green russet, becoming a rich brownish russet ; 

 stalk short, stout, flesh very melting and juicy, with a high,' 

 rich, peculiar, and excellent flavor. One of the most valu- 

 able of all new pears. Middle and late autumn. Origin, 

 Wayne county, N. Y. 



Theodore Van Mons. Medium in size, obovate-pyrifarm, yel* 

 low, stem long, flesh whitish, melting, of very good flavor. 

 Middle and late autumn. 



