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Its skin is delicate. In April it turns greenish yellow and is full of tan spots. On 

 most of these fruits there's a groove, not very deep, that runs from one end to the other. 



Its flesh is crisp without being dry; it's quite delicate. 



The juice has a slightly tart flavor quite similar to that of the Bergamotte de Paque 

 pear which isn't much superior in quality to the Tarquin. 



It ripens in April & May, which considerably enhances its value. 



XIX. PEAR TREE with medium-sized shiny turbinate summer fruit, partly yellow, partly deep 

 red. 



OGNONET. ARCHIDUC d'ete. AMIRE mux. (PL VIII) 



This pear tree prefers to be grafted on wild stock rather than on the quince, on 

 which it grows very poorly. It's very fruitful. 



The shoots are straight, medium-sized, ash-gray on one side, reddish on the other 

 and speckled with very tiny spots. 



The buds are short, wide, flat, and more or less stuck to the branch. Their stems 

 aren't very full. 



The leaves are large, round, thick and terminate in a sharp point. They're three 

 inches four lignes long and two inches eleven lignes wide. The denticulation is not very 

 deep and is widely spaced except toward the tip where it's deeper & finer. The petioles 

 are thick and twenty-two lignes long. The midrib curves slightly downward. 



The flowers are an inch in diameter. The petals are rounded. Most of the flowers 

 have more than five petals. Some have as many as ten large petals & several open tips on 

 their stamens. 



The fruit is medium-sized and the same in height & in width, twenty-two lignes. 

 It's turbinate, i.e. shaped like a top. It's flatter at the top end where there's a medium-sized 

 eye at the bottom of a small, very smooth recess. The straight stalk, 



