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The eye is located in a shallow cavity. The stalk, about an inch long, is quite full. 



Its skin is thin, pale yellow on the shaded side and light red on the sun side. 



Its flesh is semi-buttery and a little dry. There are some granules next to the seeds. 



The juice isn't as flavorful as that of the small musk pear. 



The seeds are quite full and are covered with a shell that's almost white. 



This pear ripens in July, almost as soon as the small musk pear. It has the 

 advantage of being bigger, but it's usually inferior to the latter in quality, especially when 

 the small musk pear is from an old tree. 



VI. PEAR TREE with small, pyrifonn summer fruit, partly yellow, partly beautiful red. 



JARGONNELLE. [Translator's note: a pear known in antiquity, possibly the Pirum 

 Girgonum of ancient Rome.] 



This small pear apparently is a variety of the Aurate. It's a bit bigger & more 

 oblong. It's pyriform and is rounded at the top where the eye, which is quite large, is set 

 flush with the fruit. It's somewhat enlarged near the stalk which inserts into a very small 

 indentation. The stalk is straight, quite thick, and nine lignes long. Close scrutiny reveals 

 the presence of creases along it. The fruit is twenty-two lignes high & eighteen lignes in 

 diameter. 



Its skin is very yellow on the side in the shade & a beautiful red on the side in the 



sun. 



Its flesh is white, quite delicate and semi-crisp. 



The juice is slightly musky. 



The seeds are small & are covered with a black shell. 



The fruit ripens at the beginning of September & at that time it's not of much 



value. 



