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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



ed, buttery, abounding in sugary juice. Where suffered 

 to overbear, or hang too long upon the tree, it lacks flavor ; 

 otherwise good. From North Carolina. Tree healthy 

 and vigorous, with stout shoots ; very productive. 



Duchesse d'AngOultfme. — Fruit very large, obovate, 

 varying from oblong to oblate, with a knobby, uneven 

 surface ; skin dull greenish-yellow, dotted and spotted with 



russet; stalk about 

 an inch long, quite 

 stout, set with an in- 

 clination in a rather 

 deep cavity; calyx 

 closed, set in a 

 narrow, somewhat 

 knobby basin ; flesh 

 white, buttery, very 

 juicy, with a rich, 

 sugary flavor. Ex- 

 cellent for so large 

 a pear. Brings the 

 very highest prices 

 in market. Ripens, 

 Georgia, the latter 

 half of August into 

 September ; New 

 York, in October. 

 Fig. 108.— seckel. From France. 



SeckeL — Fruit small, generally obovate ; skin at first 

 brownish-green, at last becoming yellowish-brown, "with a 

 bright red, russet cheek ; stalk half to three-fourths of an 

 inch long, slightly curved, set in a slight depression ; calyx 

 small, open, in a very shallow basin ; flesh whitish, but- 

 tery, very fine-grained and melting, filled with rich, sugary, 

 aromatic juice. Ripens, Georgia, the last half of August 

 and into September; New York, September and October, 



