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THE PEAR. 



NOUVELLE FlJLVIE. 

 Fulvie Gregoire. 



This new Belgian Pear is described in the Annals of Pomology as : — 

 Fruit very large, pyriform. Surface uneven, rich light yellow, shaded 

 and marbled with brown red in the sun, and an occasional fawn russet 

 patch. Stalk stout, inserted as it were by a neck. Calyx large, in a 

 round, regular basin. Flesh yellowish white, melting, buttery, juicy, 

 sweet, with an exquisite perfume. January and February. 



As we have received and fruited this Pear it is only of medium size, 

 roundish, slightly pyriform, and ripens in November. 



Oak-Leaved Imperial. 



Imperial. Imperiale a feuilles de chene. 



Imperial Oak -leaved. Oak-leaved Imperial. 



An old Pear, of unknown origin and of little value, except as a curi- 

 osity, from its peculiar foliage somewhat resembling the oak. 



Fruit below medium, ovate pyriform, deep green, with some nettings 

 and patches of russet. Flesh whitish, half melting, juicy, sweet. Good. 

 December to March. 



Oakley Park Bergamotte. 



One of Knight's seedlings. It is described by the London Horti- 

 cultural Society as : — 



Fruit medium size, roundish ob ovate, greenish yellow, with some 

 russet. Flesh buttery, melting. October. 



GEuf. 



Fruit small, oval, greenish yellow, with light red in the sun, and 

 gray russety dots. Stalk long. Calyx small, open. Flesh whitish, 

 tender, melting, sweet, musky. Pipe in August, and will keep three 

 weeks without decaying. (Hogg.) 



Oken. 



Oken d'Hiver Cent Courormes. 



Winter Oken. Beurre Oken. 



A Belgian Pear, of little value. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, yellowish, with a little brown in 

 sun. Flesh white, juicy, melting, slightly vinous. Hardly good. Oc- 

 tober. 



Oliver's Eusset. 



Originated in the grounds of Oliver, Lynn, Mass. 



Fruit below medium, roundish, cinnamon russet on yellow 

 ground, with a blush. Stalk in a cavity. Basin small. Flesh whitish, 

 coarse, without much flavor. Last of September. 



Olivier de Serres. 

 Originated with M. Boisbunel, Eouen, France. Tree vigorous, 



