FKUITS CERTIFICATED, 1883-190'). 



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Libra. August 4, .1903. A.M. Fruit rather large ; skin pale 

 slightly spotted and flushed with red ; shape deep round ; flesh melting, 

 parting freely from the stone. 



Peregrine. August 18, 1903. A.M. May 30, 1905. F.C.C. Fruit 

 large, with a deep suture ; skin covered with red, with spots of a deeper 

 shade ; flesh soft, melting, clinging to the stone. Midseason or late. 



Thomas Kivers. June 28, 1898. F.C.C. (Not described.) 



Yiolette Hative. August 15, 1905. F.C.C. This is a very old 

 variety, also known as English Galande. 



Pears. 



Aspasia Ancourt. August 11, 1896. A.M. Fruit bluntly pyriform 

 with eye and stalk both deeply inset. Of medium size, yellowish-green 

 when ripe. 



Belle Julie. October 13, 1894. A.M. (1887 Report.) 



Beurre Dubuisson. November 13, 1894. A.M. November 20, 1900. 

 F.C.C. (1887 Report.) 



Beurre Fouqueray. October 10, 1893. F.C.C. (1887 Report.) 



Beurre Perran. January 14, 1896. A.M. Large, somewhat uneven, 

 roundish, a little like ' Passe Crassane ' but distinct ; eye small and open, 

 not depressed ; stalk very long, thick, marked with a projecting buttress, 

 and a swollen knot or lump near the inset, not depressed ; yellow, 

 covered all over with rough russet. January to February. 



Charles Ernest. December 4, 1900. A.M. Fruit large and varying 

 in shape ; skin yellow, slightly flushed with red on the exposed side ; eye 

 closed, with small erect segments, set in a shallow basin ; stalk J inch long 

 rather obliquely inserted and surrounded with russet ; flesh white. 



Conference. November 4, 1885. F.C.C. 



Directeur Hardy. October 12, 1897. A.M. Bluntly pyriform ; short 

 stalk, with no depression ; very small eye, in very slight depression ; skin 

 brown and rough, -with red tinge on sunny side. 



Double de Guerre. November 21, 1899. A.M. Stewing, fruit 

 rather large, pyriform ; skin greenish-yellow on the shaded side, and mottled 

 with russet, deeply flushed with red, on the exposed side ; eye open, with 

 erect segments, and set in a very shallow basin ; stalk set in a small cavity 

 obliquely at the point. 



Doyenne d'Alencon. January 9, 1900. A.M. (1887 Report.) 



Doyenne du Cornice. November 6, 1900. F.C.C. (1887 Report.) 



Duchesse de Bordeaux. February 10, 1885. F.C.C. (1887 Report.) 



Emile d'Heyst. November 7, 1899. F.C.C. (1887 Report.) 



General Wauchope. December 17, 1901. A.M. ' Ne plus Meuris ' x 

 ' Duchesse d'Angouleme.' Fruit of medium size, in shape like 'Marie Louise,' 

 eye open, set in a shallow basin ; stalk 1 inch long, inserted in a small 

 cavity and surrounded with deep russet ; skin pale green, covered with 

 minute brown dots and more or less suffused with russet ; flesh soft and 

 free from grittiness. 



Grise de Chine. December 9, 1902. A.M. Fruit of medium size, 

 bluntly obovate ; skin brownish-yellow, nearly covered with russet ; eye 

 small, with no segments, in a small deep funnel-like basin. Stalk f inch 



