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but it's more oblong, more pointed, & generally is better shaped. 



Its skin is completely speckled with small brown spots. It's a beautiful bright red 

 on the sun side; on the shaded side it's a green that turns pale yellow when the fruit 

 matures. 



Its flesh is white, flecked with several greenish spots. It's dry, firm and crisp or 

 tender & very juicy depending on the year & the soil. This fruit prefers gentle, loose dry 

 soil. 



The juice is sweet and sugary & has quite a nice flavor when the tree has been 

 planted in good soil in a good exposure & the fruit is fully ripe. 



The seeds are long, pointed, quite full, and light brown. 



This pear ripens in November & December. One can make more of a case for it 

 than La Quintinye does. At the very least it's one of the most beautiful pears & is very 

 good in compotes; & when it's in good condition it can be eaten fresh. 



XC. PEAR TREE with large, blunt-pyramidal very slightly gourd-shaped smooth yellow summer 

 fruit, 



BON-CHRETIEN [BARTLETT] d'ete. GRACIOLI. (PI. XLVIL Fig. 4.) 



This is a fruitful tree. It's grafted on wild stock & on the quince tree. 



The shoots are quite thick and are not bent at the nodes. On trees planted in the 

 open, they curve downward umbrella-like. They're not very spotted, greenish on the side 

 in the shade and a not very deep red-brown on the side in the sun. 



The buds are thick, rounded, long, and not very free of the branch. Their stems 

 project very little. The fruiting buds emerge for the most part at the tips of the branches, 

 so this pear tree must be pruned carefully. 



The leaves are big, beautiful, substantial, 



