214 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



rounded or poorly formed. There are some that are yellow & very colorful before they're 

 picked; others always stay green. And there are others that have no seeds, &c. All of 

 these differences don't at all mean that the fruits are different varieties. They're only due 

 to differences in soil, cultivation, the rootstock, exposure, age, strength, &c. in trees that 

 are more sensitive to all of these influences than are most other pear trees. An old Bartlett 

 pear tree that's been well cared for in good soil and in a good exposure and that's 

 remained green & vigorous in its old age will yield very big, very beautiful and very fine 

 quality fruit that will take on a beautiful yellow color in a fruit loft & normally will be 

 seedless. This pear tree when grafted on the quince tree yields fruit that's bigger, more 

 colorful & has more delicate flesh than one grafted on wild stock. If the tree deteriorates, 

 the fruit will have no seeds, will turn yellow on the tree, and won't keep well or be of 

 good quality. Even on the same tree with branches of different strengths in different 

 exposures and either fewer or more leaves, &c. one might find ordinary Bartletts, or 

 green ones, golden yellow, long, round ones, Ausch, Vernon, &c. 



LXXXVIII. PEAR TREE with veiy large truncate-pyramidal smooth winter fruit, partly red, 

 partly lemon yellow to whitish. 



ANGELIQUE de Bordeaux. (PL XLVll Fig. 5.) 



This tree is very delicate & doesn't do at all well grafted on the quince tree. It isn't 

 vigorous even on wild stock. 



The shoots are long, of medium thickness, slightly bent at each node, and 

 speckled with very tiny points that aren't very conspicuous. They're green or light gray on 

 wild stock and reddish on the quince tree. 



The buds are short, small, pointed, and free of the branch. Their stems are broad 

 & quite thick. 



The leaves are remarkable for their length & lack of breadth. They're four inches 

 long 



