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THE PEAR. 



JOLIE FlLLE DE GUST. 



This " pretty girl of Gust " is of Belgian origin. 



The fruit is small, roundish acute pyriform, pale yellow, shaded with 

 crimson in the sun. Stalk long. Calyx open. Flesh white, coarse, dry; 

 its beauty its only value. September. 



JOLY DE BONXEAU. 



Fruit above medium size, obovate, pale green, with spots and veins 

 of brown russet. Stalk long, obliquely inserted, stout, woody, and in- 

 serted without depression. Calyx open. Flesh white, with a pink tinge, 

 fine-grained, melting, juicy, sweet, vinous. December. (Hogg.) 



Jones. 

 Jones's Seedling. 



Origin, Kingsessing, near Philadelphia. This is one of the good Pears, 

 and, were it a little larger, would be one of the most valuable. The tree 

 is vigorous and upright in growth, and productive. Young shoots of a 

 dull olive brown. 



J ones. 



Fruit medium or below, pyriform, broad at calyx, tapering to the 

 stem, which meets it by a fleshy junction. Skin yellow, shaded with 

 russet, bright cinnamon on the sunny side. Calyx open, in a broad, 

 shallow, uneven basin. Flesh coarse, granular, buttery, sugary, brisk, 

 and vinous. Very good. October. 



