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THE PEAR. 



Fruit small or medium, roundish oblate, yellow, shaded with red in 

 the sun. Flesh coarse, not juicy, sweet. Poor. September. 



Burnett. 



Raised by Dr. J oel Burnett, of Southborough, Mass. 



Fruit large, obtuse pyriform. Skin pale yellow. Flesh greenish 

 white, a little coarse-grained, but juicy, sweet. Good. First of Octo- 

 ber. 



Cabot. 



Originated from the seed of the Brown Beurre, by J. S. Cabot, Esq., 

 of Salem, Mass. It has a good deal of the flavor of its parent, and is 

 an agreeable subacid fruit. The tree grows upright and very strong, 

 and produces amazing crops. 



Fruit small to medium, roundish turbinate, narrowing rather 

 abruptly to the stalk, which is bent obliquely, and inserted on one side 

 of a tapering summit. Skin roughish, bronze yellow, pretty well cov- 

 ered with cinnamon russet. Calyx small, open, set in a round, smooth 

 basin. Flesh greenish white, breaking, juicy, with a rich subacid flavor. 

 Good to very good. Middle and last of September. 



Cadet de Yaux. 



Origin unknown. Tree very productive. Young wood yellow 

 brown. 



Fruit large, obtuse pyriform, irregular. Skin ochre yellow, dotted 

 with brown, and shaded with fawn and pale red in the sun Stalk short, 

 large, curved. Calyx large. Flesh yellowish white, fine, almost melting, 

 sweet, juicy, perfumed. Good. December to March. 



Caen de France. 

 Doyenne de Bruxelles, erroneously. 



A foreign Pear promising great value. Tree vigorous, productive. 



Fruit medium, regular, ovate obtuse pyriform. Skin rough, yellow, 

 overspread with a dull russet, and with many rough russet dots. Stalk 

 rather short and stout, a little inclined, and set in a small cavity. Calyx 

 closed, or partially open. Segments short. Basin rather small, uneven. 

 Flesh whitish, fine-grained, juicy, melting, vinous, slightly aromatic. 

 Yery good. December, February. 



Calebasse. 



Calebasse Double Extra. Calebasse d'Hollande. Calebasse Musquee. 



The Calebasse is a very grotesque-looking Belgian fruit, named from 

 its likeness to a calabash or gourd. 



Fruit of medium size, oblong, a little crooked and irregular or 

 knobby in its outline. Skin rough, dull yellow, becoming orange russet 



