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THE PEAR. 



Bartleit, or William's Bonchretien. 



the unusual property of maturing perfectly in the house, even if 

 it is picked before it is full grown. It has no competitor as a 

 summer market fruit. The tree grows upright, with thrifty, 

 yellowish-Lrown shoots, and narrow, folded leaves. 



Fruit of large size, irregularly pyramidal. Skin very thin 

 and smooth, clear yellow, (with a soft blush on the sunny side, 

 in exposed specimens,) rarely marked with faint russet. Stalk 

 one to one and a half inches long, stout, inserted in a shallow, 

 flat cavity. Calyx open, oet in a very shallow, obscurely plaited 

 basin. Flesh white, and exceedingly fine-grained and buttery ; 



