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THE PEAR. 



winter or spring Pears. It seems to require a rather warmer climate 

 than that of the Eastern States to arrive at full perfection, and has dis- 

 appointed the expectations of many cultivators. It bears well here, but 



Easter Beurr& 



is rather variable in quality. In good seasons, if packed away in boxes 

 and ripened off in a warm room, it is a delicious, melting, buttery fruit. 

 The tree grows upright, and thriftily, with reddish yellow shoots. It 

 requires a warm exposure and a rich soil to give fine fruit as an open 

 standard tree. It is said to succeed well at the South. 



Fruit large, roundish obovate obtuse, often rather square in figure. 

 Skin yellowish green, sprinkled with many russety dots, and some russet, 

 which give it a brownish cheek in some specimens. Stalk rather short, 

 stout, planted in an abruptly sunken obtuse cavity. Calyx small, 

 closed, but little sunk among the plaited folds of the angular basin. 

 Flesh white, fine-grained, very buttery, melting and juicy, with a 

 sweet and rich flavor. January to March. 



EASTNOR CASTLE. 



Fruit medium, roundish. Skin green and thick. Flesh greenish 

 white, juicy, melting. December. 



