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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



September. Specimens that fall before they are fully 

 grown, ripen nicely in the house. Sometimes too acid, 

 but one of the most desirable sorts. Origin, England, 

 1770. Tree quite fruitful, and bears young. 



Henry the Fourth. Fruit varies from the size figured 

 to small, roundish pyriform, irregular, skin pale greenish- 



Fig. 104. HENRY THE FOURTH. 



yellow, clouded with darker green, and dotted with gray 

 specks ; stalk about an inch long, twisted obliquely, plant- 

 ed on an irregular prominence, or under a swollen lip ; 

 calyx small, closed ; basin shallow and abrupt ; flesh white, 

 exceedingly juicy and melting, with a pleasant perfumed 

 flavor ; a dull fruit externally, but a nice dessert pear, 

 bearing abundantly, and continues several weeks to ripen 



