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nose, but its appropriateness to this group is 

 not pointed out. The variety Beurre Gif- 

 fard, found in old collections in America, is 

 classified here by Lucas. 



9. MUSCATS. Size small or medium; season sum- 

 mer or early autumn; form variable, but mostly long; 

 flavor distinctly musky. 



Lucas does not name any variety as repre- 

 senting this group. 



10. ASSEZ BONS. Here belong all medium-sized 

 and large table pears, with melting or half-melting 

 flesh, of long or longish form, which have not been 

 included in the foregoing nine groups. 



In this characterization Lucas' "natural" 

 system admittedly breaks down. This group 

 is made merely a catch-all for those varieties 

 not elsewhere classifiable. The Windsor, said 

 by Downing to be "very commonly known in 

 some parts of this country as the Summer 

 Bell pear," is named by Lucas in this group. 



11. AROMATICS (Gewiirzbirneti). Here are to be 

 included all small oblate or roundish pears, having 

 the same minor characteristics as the Assez Bons, but 

 of somewhat larger size. 



No variety is named for this group by 

 Lucas. 



12. LONG COOKING PEARS. Flesh hard or turnipy, 

 or very seldom half melting, very seldom fit for eat- 



