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The end toward the stalk gets progressively smaller & doesn't come to a point. Instead, it 

 enlarges a bit at the end where the short stalk, only eleven lignes long and slightly plump 

 at its origin, inserts at a slant into a small indentation bordered by several creases. It 

 easily detaches from the branch. 



Its skin is smooth and flecked with a few small red spots. Green at first, it turns 

 almost lemon yellow & when it ripens it usually acquires a light reddish tint on the side 

 in the sun. Sometimes it gets a lot of color, especially when on espalier. 



Its flesh is tender, buttery, and juicy. It readily takes on an aroma of the objects on 

 which it ripened. 



The juice is plentiful, sweet, sugary, and flavorful. Some reproach it for having a 

 slight waxy taste. 



The fruit ripens in November, December and January. It's one of the most 

 delicious pears. 



XCVI. PEAR TREE with large conical green winter fruit marked with dark spots. 

 SAINT-GERMAIN. INCONNUE LA FARE. (PL III) 



This pear tree is vigorous & very fruitful. It's grafted on wild stock & on the 

 quince tree. 



The shoots are medium in thickness, long, not very bent at the nodes, and 

 speckled with very tiny gray spots. They're greenish gray with a very slight reddish color 

 on the side in the sun. 



The buds are short, quite thick, pointed, and free of the branch. Their stems are 

 enlarged both above & below the eye. 



The leaves are long, narrow, folded along the central vein and finely denticulate. 

 They're three inches three lignes long 



