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Peze'nas}.- "Fruit large, sometimes very large, rouudish- 

 obovate, very uneven and bossed on its outline. Skin 



Eale dull yellow, covered with veins and freckles of pale 

 rown russet. Eye open, set in a deep, irregular basin. 

 Stalk an inch and a half long, stout, inserted in a deep 

 irregular cavity. Flesh white, buttery, and melting, with 

 a rich flavour when well ripened; but generally it is 

 coarse-grained and half-melting, juicy, and sweet. 



A dessert pear, sometimes of great excellence, ripe 

 during October and November. 



Duchesse de Berri d'Etc. See Summer Doyenne, 

 Duchesse de Berri d'Hiver. See Uvedales St. Germain. 



DUCHESSE DE BKABANT. Fruit medium sized, short 

 pyriforrn, even in its outline. Skin very thin, smooth 

 and shining, greenish-y ellow, thickly strewed with russety 

 dots, and with a patch of russet round the eye. Eye large 

 and open, set in a shallow basin. Stalk an inch long, 

 inserted without depression. Flesh yellowish-white, 

 buttery and melting, very juicy and sweet, with a plea- 

 sant aroma. 



An agreeable and refreshing pear, ripe in November. 



PUCEESSE DE MAES. Fruit medium sized, obovate. 

 Skin yellow, with a tinge of reddish-brown next the sun, 

 and considerably covered with brown russet. Eye small 

 and closed, set in a shallow depression. Stalk an inch 

 long, inserted without depression. Flesh buttery, melt- 

 ing, juicy, and well flavoured. Ripe in November. 



DUCHESSE D'OELEANS (Beurr6 St. Nicholas ; St. 

 Nicholas). Fruit large and pyriform. Skin yellow on 

 the shaded side, but with a tinge of red on the side next 

 the sun, mottled with greenish- brown russet. Eye open, 

 get in a wide, shallow basin. Stalk three quarters of an 

 inch long. Flesh yellowish- white, melting, buttery and 

 juicy, with a rich, sugary, and vinous flavour, and fine 

 aroma. A most delicious pear, ripe in October. 



DTJNMOEE. Fruit large, oblong-obovate. Skin greenish, 

 marked with numerous dots and patches of brown russet, 

 and with a brownish-red tinge next the sun. Eye small 

 an4 open, set in a rather deep and narrow basin. Stalk 

 an inch and a half long. Flesh yellowish-white, buttery, 

 and melting, with a rich sugary flavour, llipe in Sep- 

 tember and October. 



Early Beurrc. See Ambrosia. 



