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& not very deeply denticulate. They're three inches two lignes long by twenty-five lignes 

 wide. The petiole is two inches six lignes long & often longer. 



The flowers are wide open. They're sixteen lignes in diameter. The petals are flat 

 and racket-shaped. 



The fruit is the same shape as the Cuisse-Madame, but it's more oblong. It's 

 medium-sized. Its top is rounded & the eye is set in quite a deep cavity. The other end 

 terminates in a uniform point. Its stalk is slightly fleshy at its origin, red on the side in the 

 sun and green on the side in the shade. It's an inch long and often inserts at a slant. The 

 fruit is three inches high & it's twenty-two lignes in diameter. 



Its skin is quite smooth. The side in the sun is a beautiful dark red and abundantly 

 speckled with gray spots. The shaded side is partly a less deep red and partly yellow and 

 speckled with tan spots. 



The flesh is white and crisp; in some areas it's semi-soft. It's slightly gritty next to 

 the seeds. 



The juice is sweet, flavorful and plentiful. 



The seeds are brown, big & wide. 



It ripens toward the end of October. 



XIII. PEAR TREE with small, smooth, pyriform summer fruit, partly white to golden-yellow, 

 partly pale red. 



Gros BLANQUET, or BLANQUETTE. 



This is a vigorous tree & it's grafted both on wild stock & on the quince tree. 



The shoots are short, stout, straight, light gray and are speckled with not very 

 conspicuous spots. 



The buds are big and pointed. They're rounded, close to the branch, and are 

 attached to broad & prominent stems. 



The leaves are beautiful and wide, without denticulation. 



