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It's a beautiful light yellow, almost lemon colored, on the shaded side & bright red on the 

 side in the sun. 



Its flesh is semi-soft, tasty, & leaves no residue. 



The juice is sweet & sugary and has a particular flavor comparable to that of 

 frangipane. 



The seeds are quite big, pointed & very full. 



This pear ripens at the end of October. It's most attractive & its flavor is not 

 unpleasant. 



LXXXVI. PEAR TREE with large autumn fruit compressed at its diameter, hazel-colored and 

 pimply. 



JALOUSIE. (PL XLVIL Fig. J.) 



This tree is grafted only on wild stock. On the quince tree it will decline & die in 

 a few years. 



The shoots are long, slender, very slightly bent at the nodes, speckled and have a 

 light reddish tinge. 



The buds are very short, broad at the base and not very free of the branch. Their 

 stems are thick & enlarged above & below the eyes. 



The leaves are big & beautiful, oblong, often folded along the central vein, and 

 finely, evenly, & not very deeply denticulate. They're three inches six lignes long & two 

 inches four lignes wide. The petiole is seven lignes long. 



The flowers are beautiful, very open and eighteen lignes in diameter. Their petals 

 are oval and flat. The tips of the stamens are deep purple. 



The fruit is big and flattened along its length. In one dimension its diameter is two 

 inches ten lignes and in the other two inches seven lignes. It's two inches eleven lignes 

 high. The most enlarged part is just about halfway along its height. 



