THE PEAR. 



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and patches of russet. Stalk rather short and stout. Cavity broad, 

 shallow. Calyx large, open. Flesh granular, not juicy, rots at core. 

 Poor. August. 



Urbaniste. 



Count Coloma. 

 St. Marc? 

 Beurre Picquery. 



Drapiez. 



Coloma d'Automne. 



Louise d'Orleans. 

 Picquery. 

 Louis Dupont. 

 Henkel d'Hiver. 

 Urbaniste Seedling. 



The Urbaniste is a fruit which, in its delicious flavor, compares per- 

 haps more nearly with the favorite old Doyenne or Virgalieu than any 

 other fruit, and adds, when in perfection, a delicate perfume peculiarly 

 its own. Its handsome size and remarkably healthy habit commend it 

 for those districts where the Doyenne does not flourish. The tree is a 



Urbaniste. 



moderately vigorous grower, and though it does not begin to bear so 

 early as some varieties, it yields abundant and regular crops, and gives 

 every indication of a long-lived, hardy variety. For the orchard or 

 garden in the Middle States, therefore, we consider it indispensable. 

 With so many other fine sorts, we owe this to the Flemish, it having 



