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much higher on one side than on the other. The stalk, somewhat plump at its origin, thick, 

 and sixteen lignes long, inserts into it. 



Its skin is green; it yellows a little when the fruit ripens. But it's so covered with 

 specks & reddish spots that the color is barely discernible. 



The flesh is delicious when stewed and its juice has sweetened at maturity. 



This large pear ripens in December, January, & February. 



CV. PEAR TREE with the largest fruit of all; a winter fruit pointed at both ends, lemon yellow 

 covered with tawny spots. 



TRESOR. AMOUR. 



This is the biggest pear of all. Grown in open ground, it's commonly four inches 

 in diameter by four inches nine lignes high, & often some are much larger than that 

 (those on espalier & bush trees are even considerably more so). It's usually oblong in 

 shape and enlarged at the middle. It diminishes in size toward the eye, which is small & 

 set in a flattening or in a not very concave indentation. The end near the stalk elongates & 

 diminishes further in size and terminates almost uniformly in a blunt or truncate point. At 

 the tip a very thick stalk about an inch long inserts into a quite deep & narrow cavity. At 

 times the height of the fruit exceeds its diameter only by three or four lignes. The greatest 

 enlargement is near the top, & its shape resembles an extremely truncate cone. The 

 largest fruits frequently are flattened at their middle, which is four or five lignes shorter 

 on one side than on the other. 



Its skin is lemon yellow, rough to the touch, 



