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and two inches four Ugnes wide. They're not very uniformly denticulate, quite ruffled & 

 wavy at the margins as though they were sort of indented; they look more like a small 

 curly cabbage leaf rather than an oak leaf. The petioles are an inch long. 



The flowers are fifteen Ugnes in diameter. The petals are long and pointed at both 

 ends. The tips of the stamens are dark purple. 



The fruit is medium-sized and long. It's two inches three Ugnes in diameter & two 

 inches nine Ugnes high. It has the shape of a medium-sized Virgouleuse. The top is 

 rounded & the eye, a small one, is set in a not very deep indentation or flattening. The 

 other end diminishes almost uniformly in size & it's blunt at the tip. The stalk, quite thick 

 especially at its origin, is ten Ugnes long and inserts into the center of a flattened area. 



Its skin is green, very smooth & glossy. It shrivels as the fruit approaches 

 maturity, and it then turns yellow. 



Its flesh is semi-soft and is not gritty. 



The juice is sweet & tasty but inferior in quality to that of the Virgouleuse. 

 The seeds are large, brown, very full, and terminate in a long point. This fruit usually has 

 only four seed compartments. 



This pear ripens in April & May. Even though it's not a delicious one, it's very 

 creditable during that season. 



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