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Van Mons' Leon le Clerc. Color, pale yellow, gold 

 at maturity; form, ovate, obovate ijj-riform ; size, 1; use, 

 table; texture, buttery, melting, juicy; season, October 

 tb January. 



Eemaeks. — Foreign. Valuable on the quince. Bears 

 early and well, i Very largfe and fine, but the tree soon 

 becomes old ; has no stamina or vigor. Unworthy. 



Verte Longue, or Long Green. Color, green, even at 

 maturity, with numerous minute dots; form, long pyri- 

 form, narrowing a good deal from the middle -toward both 

 ends ; size, 2 ; use, table; texture, very juicy, with a sweet, 

 slightly pei*fumed, very excellent flavor ; quality, 2 ; sea- 

 son, August and September. 



Eemarks. — Very pleasant and lively tasted fruit. Bears 

 abundant crops. The true sort is large, green and good. 

 We doubt if all our nurserymen have the real Mouthwa- 

 ter, one of its synonymes. 



Verte Longtje, or Panachee. Color, yellow and green 

 striped ; form, round at blossom end ; size, 2 ; use, table ; 

 texture, buttery ; quality, 2 ; season, September. 



Remarks. — Striped sort. Bears abundantly. 



^'ICAR OP WINKFIELD, Le Cure, Clion, etc. Color, 

 skin fair and smooth, pale yellow, sometimes, with a 

 brownish cheek, and marked with small brown dots; 

 form, long, pyriform, often six inches, and a little one- 

 sided ; size, 1 ; use, table, but chiefly cooking ; texture, 

 very juicj" generally, but it varies; sometimes it is but- 

 tery, often crisp, with a good sprightly flavor; quality, 2; 

 seasen, October to January. 



Remarks. — The opinions difier more on this fruit than 

 any other, unless it be Passe Colmar. A great many 

 highly aj)prove of it. It depends, we think, a great deal 



