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are almost as prominent on top of the leaf as they are underneath it. The petiole is nine 

 lignes long. 



The flowers are large, very open, and seventeen lignes in diameter. The petals are 

 flat and wide at the tips. Some are pointed, others rounded, and yet others are irregularly 

 shaped. The tips of the stamens are big. 



The fruit is medium-sized and oblong. It's twenty-five lignes in diameter & 

 twenty-eight lignes high. Its shape is almost the same as that of the Doyenne. The top is 

 rounded & the eye is situated there in a not very deep indentation. The other end is much 

 smaller. The stalk, eight to ten lignes long and very thick at the end, inserts into a cavity 

 that's usually deeper than the one containing the eye. 



Its skin is light green & turns a beautiful yellow when the fruit ripens. It's very 

 smooth. 



Its flesh is white and not gritty. It's juicier than that of the Doyenne. 



The juice is enhanced with a pleasant musky flavor. 



The seeds are brown, quite full, and terminate in a sharp point. 



The fruit ripens at the end of September or the beginning of October. 



LXXXIV. PEAR TREE with medium-sized smooth, somewhat round green to ash gray autumn 

 fruit. 



DOYENNE gris. (PL XLVIL Fig /.) 



This pear tree is grafted on wild stock & on the quince tree. 



The shoots are slender, straight, pale reddish on the side in the sun, gray-green on 

 the shaded side, and slightly speckled with very tiny spots. 



The buds are quite big, somewhat flattened, not very pointed, 



