FRUITS. VARIETIES AND CULTURE. 415 



cavity ; calyx small, open, with caducous segments, in a 

 slight basin; flesh greenish- white, buttery, very juicy, 

 sugary, melting, and perfumed. An excellent keeper. 

 Georgia, October to January, and has been kept until 



Fig. 111. — SOLDAT LABOUREUB. 



March ; New York, November, and through the winter. 

 Tree productive and vigorous. 



Soldat LabOMreur. — Tree vigorous, with upright, chest- 

 nut-colored wood, and succeeds well on the quince. Fruit 

 rather large, oblique-pyriform, largest toward the centre ; 

 skin smooth, pale yellow when ripe, shaded with thin 

 greenish-russet ; stalk rather stout, about an inch long, 



