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three inches four lignes long and twenty-five lignes wide. The midrib curves downward. 

 The margins are slightly ruffled; their denticulation has so little depth that it's scarcely 

 discernible. None is visible at all on the medium-sized leaves. The petioles are twenty- 

 two lignes long. 



The flowers are seventeen lignes in diameter and very open. The petals are a bit 

 longer than they are wide, almost flat, and slightly ruffled on the margins. The tips of the 

 stamens are light purple. 



The fruit is very big, about three inches in diameter by two inches nine lignes 

 high. It's flattened and has a shape quite like that of the Bergamots. The most enlarged 

 part is at the top, which is flattened. The eye, which retains only a few sections of the 

 calyx, is set at the end of a smooth, deep, & not very wide cavity. The end near the stalk 

 comes to a very blunt point set off by several small bumps & creases that form a small 

 indentation where the stalk, eighteen lignes long & quite thick, is inserted. The surface of 

 the fruit is accented with several not very prominent bumps that in no way interfere with 

 its appealing shape & its uniform contour. 



Its skin is green in the autumn and marked with some brown spots. In February & 

 March it becomes slightly wrinkled, light yellow, & the brown flecks or spots are more 

 apparent. 



The juice is plentiful, pleasant, and quite flavorful. It has a hint of the Bartlett pear 

 in it. 



The seeds are well formed. The compartments containing them are average in 

 size, & the axis of the fruit that runs between the compartments is hollow. 



This pear will keep until June. It's one that is 



