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PEARS. 



fruit, and in which some very small stony particles are freqaent- 

 ly found. This pear is one of the choicest varieties that is 

 cultivated, and there are few that can bear a comparison with 

 it ; it ripens at the end of October or early in November, and 

 keeps a long time before it becomes soft. Fessenden re- 

 marks, that around Boston this pear has been found more apt 

 to crack than any other variety whatever, and that it will not 

 suit the country in that section of the union unless sheltered. 



VARIEGATED CRASANNE. Auth. 



Crasanne panachee, Roz. Duh. 



This does not differ from the preceding as regards the fruit, 

 but varies in the leaves, which are small and oblong, edged 

 with white and undulated, with very delicate indentures, which 

 are slight and acutely formed. The tree is very pleasing to 

 the view, but ought not to be trained in espalier form, nor 

 planted in a too hot exposure, as the sun reddens and injures 

 the white border of the foliage. 



BERGAMOTTE CADETTE. Pr. cat. Roz. O. Duh. 

 Bergamol cadet. 



Poire de Cadet, Roz. N. Duh, 



In form, this pear is commonly turbinate, being thirty- 

 one lines in height and thirty-two in diameter, with a large 

 stem eight to ten lines in length, which is inserted within a 

 slight cavity ; the skin is smooth, yellow on the shade side at 

 the period of maturity, and slightly tinged with red next the 

 sun ; the flesh is pleasant, but soon becomes stringy. The 

 fruit ripens in October. The tree is vigorous in its growth, 

 and very abundant in its produce, and succeeds equally well 

 on either pear or quince. 



