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MARGUERITE. (Petite Marguerite.} 



Among the desirable varieties of dessert pears for the home garden, we would cer- 

 tainly include the Petite Marguerite, a pear of the highest quality for table use. At 

 Maplehurst, the tree has proved itself an abundant bearer and a good grower. The fruit 

 is not large, but, as size is not an object in a dessert pear, this is not a fault. Its season 

 is immediately after the Giffard and just before the Clapp and the Tyson. As a market 

 pear, it is hardly to be commended, because of its small size and color; and it will be 

 a long time before we can convince the average dealer that size and color are not the 

 chief considerations in a fruit. 



ORIGIN: Angers, Prance, in nurseries of Andre LeRoy. 



TREE: second rate in vigor, and first rate in productiveness; succeeds as either 

 standard or dwarf, but more vigorous as a standard. 



FRUIT: small size to medium; form, oblate, obtuse pyriform; skin, light green, often 

 tinged and mottled with bright red on sunny side, yellowing somewhat at maturity; 

 stalk, 114 inches to 1% inches in length, set in a narrow cavity, of which one side is 

 often much higher than the other; calyx, partly open, in a shallow corrugated basin. 



FLESH: white, yellowish at core; texture, fine, melting, juicy; flavor, sweet, vinous. 

 agreeable. 



QUALITY: very good for dessert. 



VALUE: second class, should only be planted for home use. 



SEASON: August. 



OSBAND. (Osband's Summer.) 



Widely grown in North America. A good dessert pear for home garden, but the fruit 

 is fcinall and the tree is too scant a bearer to be profitable. 



ORIGIN: Wayne County, New York 'State. 



TREE: a moderately upright grower, healthy, fairly productive, an early bearer. 



FRUIT: size, small; form, obovate, slightly pyriform, regular; color, yellowish green, 

 turning quite yellow at maturity, with a brownish red cheek and numerous small green 

 and brown dots; stem, % of an inch long, set in a small, abrupt cavity; calyx, half open, 

 in a broad, slightly depressed basin; core, small; seeds, small. 



FLFSH: color, white; texture, fine grained, juicy; flavor, perfumed, sweet, rich and 

 pleasant. 



QUALITY: dessert, very good; cooking, fair. 



VALUE: home market, second class; distant market, fourth class. 



SEASON: August. 



