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and patched with russet. Stalk long, inserted in a very slight cavity by 

 a fleshy ring. Calyx closed, set in a rather broad, shallow basin. Mesh 

 whitish, coarse, and granular, juicy, buttery, melting, with a very sweet, 

 aromatic perfumed flavor. Good to very good. Bipe last of August 

 and first of September. 



Disc 



IDix. 

 Lewis, erroneously of the French. 

 The Dix is, unquestionably, a fruit of the highest excellence, and 

 deserves the attention of all planters. It is one of the hardiest of pear- 

 trees, but the tree does not come into bearing until it has attained con- 

 . I siderable size. The young branches are dull olive yellow brown, upright, 

 and slender. The original tree stands in the garden of Madam Dix ? , 

 d I Boston. It bore for the first time in 1826. 



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