THE PEAR. 
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Fruit large, obovate. Skin a little rough, the ground pale 
yellow, but mostly covered with marblings and patches of light 
russet, becoming reddish brown at maturity, on the sunny side. 
Stalk rather short, from an inch to an inch and a half long, and 
pretty deeply planted in a peculiarly narrow, round cavity. 
Calyx short, open, placed in a small, round basin. Flesh yel- 
lowish-white, not very fine grained, but juicy, melting, very 
saccharine and rich, with a slightly musky flavour. Last of 
September. 
Fondante d’Automne. Thomp. 
Belle Lucrative. Seigneur d’Esperin, originally . 
Foudante d’Automne. Bergamotte Fievee. 
Fondante dAuimnne. 
If we were asked which are the two highest flavoured pears 
known in this country, we should not hesitate to name the Seck- 
el, and the Fondante d’Automne, ( Autumn melting .) It is a 
new Flemish pear, and no garden should be destitute of it. The 
tree is of moderate growth, the young shoots long, yellowish-gray. 
Fruit medium size, obovate, narrow, but blunt at the stalk. 
