THE PEAR. 



489 



DEUX SCEURS. Esperen. 



A fine tree, very productive. Fruit large, elongated, pyri- 

 form. Skin green, spotted with dark brown. Flesh fine yel- 

 lowish green, buttery, juicy, very sugary, with a decided flavour 

 of almonds. November. (Al. Pom.) 



DUNDAS. Van Mons. Man. in Hov. Mag. 



Elliott Dundas. Bouvier. 

 Rousselet Jamin. Bouvier. 



A Belgian vari- 

 ety, sent to this 

 country by Van 

 Mons, in 1834. 



Fruit medium size, 

 obovate, inclining 

 to turbinate. Skin 

 clear yellow, sprin- 

 kled with green- 

 ish black dots, and 

 heightened by a 

 very brilliant red 

 cheek. Stalk dark 

 brown, an inch long, 

 stout, inserted with- 

 out depression. Ca- 

 lyx small, placed at 

 the bottom of a 

 deep round basin. 

 Flesh yellowish- 

 white, half buttery, 

 melting, with a 

 rich perfumed juice. 

 First of October, 

 and keeps some 

 time. 



Dmdas. 



DlCKERMAN. 



Pardee's No. 2. 



Raised by S. D. Pardee, New Haven, Conn., from whom we 

 received specimens. Tree vigorous and productive, young wood 

 maroon. 



Fruit medium, roundish, oblate. Skin yellowish, thickly 

 covered with minute dots. Stalk curved, fleshy at its insertion, 

 in a moderate cavity. Calyx nearly closed, segments persistent, 



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