OP AUTUMN PEART. 



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46. FLEMISH BEAUTY. Plate 12, d. 



Fig. 10. 



This pear is often large, tapering- from 

 below the middle to a round, cordate 

 base, with a narrow, but rather deep 

 indentation, from which projects a long, 

 slender, curved stem. Height and 

 breadth equal or subequal ; obscurely 

 pyriform, obovate, wide across the 

 crown, with a moderately deep basin. 

 Color pale yellow, marbled with patch- 

 es of bright russet. Flesh juicy, melt- 

 ing, saccharine and rich, with a slight 

 musky flavor. Last of September. 



47. FOND ANTE D'AUTOMNE. 

 Obscurely pyriform, obovate, narrowing towards the base, having rather straight, than 

 convex sides, terminating in an obtuse base, in which the indentation is obsolete and 

 irregular ; from which a thick, straight, and moderately long, knobby stem projects. 

 It attains the common size. Color pale yellowish green, slightly russeted. Basin 

 moderately deep. Flesh white, juicy and delicious. Flemish. 



48. FULTON. 

 Fruit depressed, much wider than high, oblate, less than the medium size ; sides taper 

 from the middle to wide, rounded base, containing a distinct indentation, from which a 

 very long, slender, and only slightly curved stem projects. Color gray russet, changing 

 as it matures to red russet, or redish brown. Calyx rather large, open ; basin shal- 

 low and wide. Flesh moderately juicy, sprightly and rich ; seeds compressed. October 

 and November. 



