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it's only ten or twelve lignes in diameter. It also becomes smaller at the top where the eye 

 often is set obliquely. As a consequence the eye & the stalk are visible on the same side 

 & at the same time. The eye is set in a small indentation bordered by not very prominent 

 ridges. 



Its skin is green with brown spots & sometimes is completely covered by this 

 color on the shaded side. The side in the sun turns slightly yellow & even takes on a light 

 tinge of red when the fruit matures. 



Its flesh is white, semi-soft, average in delicacy, and is apt to turn mushy. 



The juice is quite plentiful and accented with a slight tartness. 



The seeds are small, wide, and light brown. 



This pear ripens around the beginning of September. 



XCIII. PEAR TREE with large, conical, nearly pyr {form golden yellow autumn fruit. 

 MARQUISE. (PLXLIX.) 



This is one of the most vigorous pear trees. It's beautiful, fruitful, & it's grafted on 

 wild stock & on the quince tree. 



The shoots are long, thick, straight, not spotted, gray on the shaded side with a 

 very slight reddish tint on the side in the sun. The tips are red brown. 



The buds at the thickest part of the shoot are quite big, pointed, very rounded, & 

 their stems are very flat. Near the tip of the shoot they're very small, pointed, not very 

 free of the branch, & have thick stems. 



The leaves are medium-sized, two inches seven lignes long, two inches two lignes 

 wide, and are folded along the central vein. The margins are almost smooth; their 

 denticulation is barely discernible. The stalks are an inch long. 



The flowers are seventeen lignes in diameter. The petals are flat, longer than they 

 are wide, and very ruffled on the margins. 



