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upon the way and time it is ripened. It certainly is the 

 very best kind of baking pear ; and, sometimes, we find 

 it a fine table pear. It probably requires a warmer tem- 

 perature to ripen than most other pears. It can not be 

 easily bruised when picked, as it is very firm; but no 

 pear can be too tenderly handled and deposited. It 

 is very productive, hardy and large, fair and handsome. 

 The fruit-branches droop. 



VIEGALIEU. See White Doyenne, or St. Michael's. 



YIEGALOUSB. Color, yellowish green, at maturity, 

 with gray or reddish dots; form, conical; use, table; 

 texture, juicy and rich ; quality, 1 ; season, October to 

 January. 



Eemarks. — It has brought twenty dollars per barrel at 

 Xcw York. An old French "Winter variety. It is of good 

 size, high flavored, and juicy, and lias every fine quality 

 necessary. It should be picked some time before it ia 

 ripe, as it is a long while ripening. Exhibited by some 

 member at the Horticultural Society Eooms. " A good 

 fruit." xTot a good enough bearer for the West. 



WASHIUGTOK. Color, lemon yellow, with red rus- 

 set ; form, roundish ovate, or ovate pyriform ; size, 2 ; 

 use, table; texture, juicy, sugary; quality, 1; season, 

 August and September. 



Eemarks,— The Washington deserves its name ; it is 

 excellent, thrifty, and hardy. American — from Delaware. 

 Tree, healthy, of moderate growth, an annual bearer. 

 A young but moderate bearer. Fine for the amateur, 

 particularly further South. 



Wendell. Form, round, obtuse ; size, 2 ; use, table ; 

 season, August. 



