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New York, September and October. The tree is an up- 

 right, vigorous grower, forming a fine pyramid. The fruit 

 is much better on the quince than on the pear. 



Bloodgood. — Fruit medium, turbinate (at the South 



Fig. 229— Louise (Bonne de Jersey). 



often oblate), generally thickening abruptly to the stalk; 

 skin yellow, considerably russeted in dots and net-work 

 patches; calyx large, open, in a slight depression; stalk 

 obliquely inserted, about an inch long, dark brown, fleshy 

 at its base; flesh yellowish-white, buttery, with a rich 

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