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Merlet claims, & I believe I also can at least presume it to be true, that there's 

 another type or variety of the Saint-Germain that doesn't differ at all in its branches, 

 leaves, & flowers. Only its fruit is less consistent in shape. It's usually thicker, not as 

 long, less well formed, more angular, and it's always green even when ripe. It's flecked 

 with large spots that are darker green, and it has no reddish spots. It's an earlier fruit & it 

 doesn't keep as well. In some years it begins to ripen from the end of October on, & it's 

 gone before January. It's softer, not as flavorful, and almost never has any tartness. I've 

 never seen both of these types of pears on the same tree, but rather they're on different 

 trees in the same area, which seems to confirm my supposition. 



XCVII. PEAR TREE with large conical smooth, green to white autumn fruit. 

 LOUISE-BONNE. (PL LIIL) 



This is a beautiful tree, vigorous & very fertile. It prefers dry soil & open ground 

 rather than the espalier. It's grafted on wild stock & on the quince tree. 



The shoots are strong, spotted, quite straight, gray-green, with a very light reddish 

 tinge at the tip. 



The buds are very long, rounded, pointed, and free of the branch. The stems are 

 not very prominent. 



The leaves are two inches nine lignes long and two inches four lignes wide. 

 They're folded in a boat-shape and are uniformly, finely, & not very deeply denticulate. 

 The stalk is an inch long. 



The flowers are fourteen lignes in diameter. The petals are longish and not very 

 concave. 



The fruit is big, long, two inches seven lignes 



