THE PEAR. 
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white, buttery, and melting, with an abundant, rich, delicious 
vinous juice. December. 
Beurr£ Clairgeau. Al. Pom. Thomp. 
Raised by M. Clairgeau, of Nantes. Tree very vigorous, 
forming a beautiful pyramid, young wood reddish-brown, very 
productive. 
The size, early bearing, productiveness, and exceeding beauty, 
together with its coming at a season most acceptable, will ren- 
der this one of our most valuable pears. 
Fruit large, pyriform, but with unequal sides. Skin warm 
* yellow, inclining to fawn, shaded with orange and crimson, 
thickly covered with russet dots, and sometimes sprinkled with 
russet. Stalk short, stout, and fleshy, inserted by a lip at an 
‘nclination almost without depression ; when the lip is absent, 
