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DOYENNE SANTELETE. Loi^d. hort. cat. Lind. 



Fruit above middle size, pyramidally oblong, not much 

 unlike a Chaumontelle in shape, but narrow at the crown, and 

 more compressed towards the stalk ; about three inched and a 

 half long, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, 

 open, and a very short strigose calyx, slightly sunk in a narrow 

 obtusely angular hollow. Stalk an inch long or more, curved, 

 very slightly inserted, sometimes a little obliquely, in a narrow 

 base. Skin pale green, thinly covered with detached specks 

 of gray russet, which are more numerous around the stalk. 

 Flesh white, a little gritty, but tender. Juice saccharine, with 

 a slight musky perfume. Ripe the beginning of October, and 

 will lieep till the end. This is a very fine handsome pear 

 from Flanders, grown in the Horticultural Society's garden at 

 Chiswick upon an open standard." — Lind, 



GENDESEIM. Lo?.d. hokt. cat. Lind. 



Fruit middle size, pyramidal, a little uneven in its outline, 

 about three inches and a quarter deep, and two inches and a 

 half in diameter. Eye small, rather open, in a narrow, shallow 

 depression. Stalk an inch long, crooked, diagonally inserted, 

 under a large, curved, elongated lip, and slightly covered with 

 thin patches of gray russet. Flesh a little gritty, but mellow, 

 and full of saccharine, rich, and slightly musky juice. Ripe 

 the end of September and beginning of October. This is 

 another of the new Flemish pears which is grown in the Hor- 

 ticultural Garden at Chiswick, upon an open standard."— 

 Lind, 



HACON'S INCOMPARABLE, Li^d. 



Fruit middle-sized, somewhat turbinate, and a little irregu- 

 lar in its outline, occasioned by one or two slightly protube- 

 rent angles near its crown ; about two inches and a half deep, 

 and three inches in diameter. Eye small, open ; segments of 

 the calyx, short and narrow, slightly sunk in a rather wide, 

 uneven depression. Stalk an inch long, rather stout, inserted 

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