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The shoots are long, of average thickness, a little bent at each node, speckled with 

 whitish spots, light green on the shaded side and with a light reddish tinge on the side in 

 the sun. 



The buds are small, flattened, triangular and lie against the branch. Their stems 

 are quite prominent. 



The leaves are large, oblong, almost flat, three inches six lignes long and two 

 inches four lignes wide. The denticulation is large but not very deep. Their stalk is 

 nineteen lignes long. 



The flowers are fifteen lignes in diameter. Their petals are rounded, slightly 

 elliptical at the tip, and concave spoonlike. 



The fruit is medium-sized, long, one inch ten lignes in diameter & two inches ten 

 lignes long. It has the shape of a very elongated pear and it's rounded at the top. The eye 

 is quite large & is set almost even with the fruit. The other end comes to a point & the 

 stalk, an inch long, inserts there with no indentation. 



Its skin is thin, smooth, glossy, and sort of greasy to the touch. It's meadow-green 

 in color at the eye end near the eye & yellowish green at the end near the stalk. 



Its flesh is soft, quite delicate, sometimes a bit mealy. 



The juice is flavorful & very musky. 



The seeds are black & full. 



This pear ripens at the beginning of September. It's a fine pear. It was named by 

 Louis XIV. 



LXIII. PEAR TREE, with medium-sized, longer pyr if arm smooth dark green summer fruit. 

 POIRE-FIGUE. 



The fig pear is very similar to the one above. It's medium-sized, pyriform, veiy 

 oblong, 



