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AMEEICAX HOME GARDEN. 



40. EASTER BEUEKJJ 



Fig. 'iQr,. 



Tree thrifty, erect, forming rather a compact and symmetri- 

 cal head. Bears well, but requires high cultm-e. 



Fruit medium or above, obtuse obovate ; greenish, with some 

 spots of brownish iiisset. 



Flesh white, fine-grained, melting, and buttery. 



Flavor, when well raised and ripened, fine, sweet, and rich. 

 Ripens from December to May. 



The Easter Beurre, in vmgenial soils and climates, some- 

 times disappoints the cultivator by its persistent immaturity. 



It should have good soil, culture, and climate, be carefully 

 gathered and wintered as directed p. 308, and ripened in spring. 



