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26. SKINLESS. 

 Fruit below the medium size, rather elongated, symmetrical, basal depression very nar- 

 row ; the long, curved, slender stem, being quite central. Skin smooth, thin, yellowish 

 green, having dots in the sun. Calyx closed, small, and slightly ridged. Flesh juicy, 

 sweet and perfumed, but does not come up to first-rate. 

 Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit fair, and is regarded as a valuable pear. 



AUTUMN PEARS. 



Class I. Height and breadth equal or subequal. 

 Obdek I. Base acute or subacute.* 



27. BEURRe' DE BEAUMONT. (Thompson.) 

 Fruit of the medium size, wide above the crown ; base subacute. Stem standing rather 

 obliquely, rather thick, and gently curved. Color pale yellowish green, sparsely dotted 

 with green, tinted with dull red on the sunny side. Calyx rather small ; depression 

 quite shallow and wide. Flesh white, buttery, melting, juicy and sprightly. Ripens 

 in October, and is regarded by Downing as a rich and delicious pear. 



28. DUCHESS OF MARS. 



The Duchess of Mars is nearly of the medium size, wide pyriform, furnished with an 

 obscure neck, or a slight concavity of its sides near the base ; base quite obtuse, and 

 may be furnished in some instances with a slight indentation. Stem slightly curved, 

 stout, one inch long. Calyx small, closed, and set in a slight basin. Color yellow, 

 cheek patched with russet, and ruddy on the sunny side. 

 The pear possesses all those properties, in an eminent degree, which render this fruit 



so valuable. 



* Under the term subacute, I have placed many varieties which terminate in an obtuse base, but without depression 

 or indentation. The Duchess of Mars is still more obtuse, but the termination can scarcely be regarded as having 

 an indentation. 



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