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in the sun & at the tip. They're speckled so little that only a few small spots are visible. 



The buds are flat, triangular, lie close to the branch, and emerge from very big 

 stems. 



The leaves are light green. They're large, three inches seven lignes long by two 

 inches seven lignes wide. They're deeply denticulate & bidenticulate. The petioles are an 

 inch long. 



The flowers are thirteen lignes in diameter. The petals are very concave 

 spoonlike. Some are lightly tinged with red at the margins. 



The fruit is medium-sized. It's twenty -three lignes in diameter & twenty-five 

 lignes long. It's pear-shaped and comes to a point toward the stalk around which there 

 frequently are several circular creases. The stalk is eight to ten lignes long & slightly 

 curved. The top is rounded & the eye often has several bumps around it. The eye is large, 

 very open, & very prominent. 



Its skin is smooth, thin, and a somewhat yellowish light green. 



The flesh is tender, i.e. neither buttery nor crisp, quite delicate & has almost no 

 residue. 



The juice is sweet & very flavorful. 



The seeds are big & black. 



This pear ripens in mid- July. 



IV. PEAR TREE with very small flattened, round, smooth, partly green to yellow, partly 

 reddening summer fruit. 



MUSCAT Fleuri. 



This is a very small pear, flattened at the top and at the stalk. It's fourteen lignes in 

 diameter & twelve lignes high. It's round and looks like a small globe flattened at the 

 poles. 



