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two inches six lignes wide, and flat. The margins are somewhat wavy & have teeth that 

 are spaced very far apart, sharp, and not very deeply cut. The petiole is thick and twenty- 

 two lignes long. The teeth on the margins of the medium-sized leaves are fine, sharp, & 

 not very deeply cut. 



The flowers are fifteen lignes in diameter. The petals are long, wider at the calyx 

 than at the other end, concave spoonlike with some red streaks on the margins. The tips 

 of the stamens are light purple. 



The fruit is almost medium-sized (twenty-one lignes in diameter by twenty-nine 

 high). It's frequently raised with bumps & is enlarged ever so slightly near the stalk, 

 which is straight, quite full, eighteen lignes long, and inserts into an indentation. The eye 

 is quite big & is set into the bottom of an indentation marked with ridges. At times the 

 most enlarged part of the fruit is almost at its middle & it progressively diminishes in size 

 toward each end. This gives it the shape of a weaver's shuttle, slightly more elongated 

 toward the stalk than toward the eye & as such it looks like a small Epargne pear. At 



times it's shaped like a Rousselet but more elongated. La Quintynie [sic] makes that 

 comparison. 



Its skin is thin, a pale green spotted with gray on the shaded side & yellow 

 speckled with pale blood-red spots on the side in the sun. 



Its flesh is tender and leaves no residue at all in the mouth. 



The juice is very good, sweet, and fragrant. 



This pear ripens at the beginning of August. It fades extremely quickly. 



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