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where the stalk, eight to twelve lignes long, inserts obliquely at the tip. 



Its skin is smooth, lemon-yellow, speckled & covered almost entirely with a 

 yellow, wood-color. 



Its flesh is very white and very buttery; it leaves no residue & is not gritty. As 

 soon as it ripens, it becomes a bit mealy & soon gets soft. 



The juice isn't very plentiful nor flavorful, but it's pleasant & very sweet. 



The seeds are dark brown, not very plump, longish and very pointed. Their 

 compartments are narrow & the axis of the fruit is quite hollow. 



The fruit matures in December, January & February. 



LXXVIII. PEAR TREE with large, somewhat oval winter fruit, lemon yellow on one side, 

 beautiful red on the other. 



BEZI de Chaumontel. BEURRE d'hiver. (PL XL.) 



This tree is grafted on wild stock & on quince trees. 



The shoots are small, slender, spare, grooved, sort of wrinkled and bent at each 

 node. They're light reddish on the side in the sun, covered with a thin, pearl-gray 

 epidermis on the shaded side and are not very spotted. 



The buds are thick at the base, long and very pointed. Their stems are broad, 

 stout, & wrinkled. 



The leaves are small, two inches three lignes long, twenty lignes wide, uniformly 

 & quite deeply denticulate on the margins which form waves or sinuous undulations. The 

 midrib curves downward & forms a large bend in the leaf at the tip & frequently at the 

 stalk which is about four of five lignes long. 



The flowers are fifteen lignes in diameter. The petals 



