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REPORT ON THE FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



No. 24 



WINTER NFXIS. 



An old variety of excellent quality, which has long occupied a high place as a winter 

 dessert pear to succeed the Lawrence ; scarcely large enough nor attractive enough to 

 be highly recommended for the commercial orchard. 



Origin: raised by Jean Charles Nelis, of Malines, in Belgium; introduced into 

 England in 1818. 



Tree: a spreading, straggling, stocky grower; should be topworked ; hardy; an 

 early bearer; very productive. 



WiNTEE Nelis. 



Fkuit : size small to medium ; form roundish obovate, short pyriform ; color of skin 

 dull green, becoming yellowish green with dots and patches of brown russet ; stalk about 

 one and a quarter inches long, curved, set in a narrow cavity ; calyx open, with erect 

 segments, in a shallow, somewhat plaited basin. 



Flesh: color yellowish white; texture fine grained, buttery, juicy; flavor rich, 

 sugary, vinous, aromatic. 



Quality: dessert very good to best; cooking good. 



Value: market second class. 



Season : early to mid winter. 



