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gray scarf-skin, sprinkled with numerous lenticels; branchlets long, reddish-brown mingled 
with grayish scarf-skin, smooth, zigzag, glabrous, marked with conspicuous, raised lenticels. 
Leaf-buds large, obtuse, semi-free. Leaves 2} in. long, } in. wide, thin, leathery; 
apex taper-pointed; margin finely serrate; petiole 13 in. long, slender. Flower-buds short, 
variable in shape, free. 
Fruit ripe in late October and early November; medium in size, 2$ in. long, 2 in. 
wide, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, with unequal sides; stem $ in. long, short, thick; cavity 
obtuse, shallow, narrow, faintly russeted, furrowed, slightly lipped; calyx open; lobes 
separated at the base, narrow, obtuse; basin shallow, narrow, obtuse, slightly furrowed; 
skin thick, tough, roughened by the russet nettings, dull; color pale yellow, often with a 
faint russet-red blush on the exposed cheek and marked with nettings and patches of 
russet; dots numerous, small, russet, conspicuous; flesh tinged with yellow, granular espe- 
cially around the core, tender and melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, pleasantly aromatic; 
quality very good. Core closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical; 
seeds medium in size and width, long, plump, acute. 
VERMONT BEAUTY 
1. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 65. 1889. 2. Ibid. 176. 1890. 3. Ibid. 134. 1891. 4. Can. Hort. 
16:184. 1893. 5.Am. Pom. Soc. Cat.37. 1899. 6. Ellwanger & Barry Cat.18. 1900. 7. Budd-Hansen 
Am. Hort. Man, 2:267. 1903. z 
The fruits of Vermont Beauty elicit praise from all who see or taste 
them. The bright-cheeked pears are as alluring to the eye as those of any 
other, and are almost as delectable as those of Seckel, which they resemble 
in shape, but are larger and handsomer. Of all pears, those of this variety 
(or of Forelle, with which it may be identical) best satisfy the eye for 
bright color. The crop ripens a little later and keeps longer than that 
of Seckel, and for these reasons, and because of the handsome appear- 
ance, should sell better. The pears will probably be most used to grace 
the table and for dessert, but the somewhat more sprightly flavor makes 
them better suited for all culinary purposes than those of Seckel. The 
trees are scarcely less satisfactory than the fruits. They are preéminent 
among their kind by virtue of large size, rapidity of growth, productivity, 
and hardiness, the region from which the variety came bespeaking greater 
hardihood to cold than that possessed by the average variety. The trees 
rejoice in vigor and health as do those of almost no other variety, and 
while hardly as productive as those of Seckel, yet because of greater size the 
pears fill the basket nearly as quickly. Vermont Beauty is one of the best 
of the pears of its season, and deserves a place in the orchards of the 
country for home and market. 
Vermont Beauty is supposed to have originated in the nursery of 
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