A.MEKICAX HO-ME GAEDE.V. 

 7-ig. 251. 



27. DCCHESSE D'aNGOULEME. 



Tree of upright, very strong growth, its hixuriance often re- 

 quiring to be checked liy summer or root prmring. 



Young shoots light 3'ellowish-hrown. A fail* hearer ; Ijest 

 suited to warm soils and latitudes. 



Fruit very large, generally obtuse pyriform or olilong-oljo- 

 vate ; surface knobby and uneven, greenish-yellow, with spots 

 and streaks of russet. 



Flesh yellowish-white, rather coarse, juicy, melting, and Ijut- 

 terv. 



