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THE PEAR. 



closed. Basin shallow. Flesh whitish, rather coarse, tender, juicy. 

 Good. September. 



DUCHESSE DE BERRY D^TE. 

 Duchesse de Berry. Duchesse de Berry de Nantes. 



Originated at Nantes, France. Tree vigorous, upright. Young 

 wood dark reddish. 



Fruit small, roundish oblate, obscurely pyriform. Skin yellow, 

 shaded with light red, nettings and patches of russet. Stalk short, in 



Duchesse de Berry d'Ete. 



serted in a small cavity. Calyx partially open, set in a broad shallow 

 basin. Flesh juicy, melting, with a good vinous flavor. Good to very 

 good. Ripens last of August. 



DUCHESSE DE BOURDEAUX. 

 Beurre Perrault. 



Originated with M. Secher, near Angers, France, in 1850. Tree mo- 

 derately vigorous. Young wood dull olive brown. 



Fruit medium, roundish, inclining to obtuse pyriform. Skin yellow, 

 netted and traced with russet, and sprinkled with russet dots. Stalk 

 long, stout, fleshy at insertion, often by a lip. Calyx open. Basin 

 medium, uneven. Flesh white, moderately juicy, sweet, pleasant. 

 Good. December to February. 



DUCHESSE DE BRABANT. (Durieux.) 



Tree very vigorous. 



Fruit of good size, turbinate pyriform, sometimes elongated. Skin 

 rough, bright green, becoming moderately yellow at ripening, much 

 shaded with bright russet. Flesh whitish yellow, tine, melting, juice 



