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KEPORT ON THE 



No. 33 



FRUTT: exceedingly variable in size, sometimes weighing a pound and a quarter; 

 form, obovate, large at the base; surface, uneven, sometimes knobby; skin, light green, 

 patched with russet, and numerous grey dots; stalk, stout, curved, 1 inch long, often 

 swollen at point of attachment, deep set in an irregular cavity; calyx, small, closed, 

 in an uneven, often russeted basin. 



FLESH: white; texture, fine, when well grown, but often coarse-grained, melting, 

 juicy and, when properly matured, of a sweet and very good flavor. 



DUCHESS. 



QUALITY: dessert, very good; cooking, good. 



VALUE: first class for either home or foreign market. One of the best commercial 

 pears as a dwarf. 



SEASON: October and November. 



ADAPTATION: hardy in southern Ontario, but only half hardy in Grey, Bruce and 

 York. 



