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tery, juicy, and sweet. Georgia, November to March; 

 New York, January to May. Succeeds best on quince. 



Jaminette (Josephine). — Fruit large, varying in form 

 from obovate, narrowing to the stalk, to oblate; skin 

 green, turning to pale yellowish-green when ripe, dotted 

 with brown, and marked with russet; stalk rather short, 



Fig 247— Kieffer Pear (after S. H. Rumph) 



obliquely planted in a slight depression (in obovate speci- 

 mens without depression), and surrounded with russet; 

 calyx small, open, in a slight basin; flesh white, a little 

 gritty at the core, juicy, buttery, and sweet. A good 

 fruit, but must be eaten as it begins to soften, or will be 

 found decayed at the core. Georgia, October. 



LeConte. — This is a vigorous grower, and well 

 adapted to South Georgia, Florida and the coasts of 



