THE PEAR. 
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Deux Sceurs. Esperen. 
A fine tree, very productive. Fruit large, elongate, pyri- 
form. Skin green, spotted with dark brown. Flesh fine yel- 
lowish green, buttery, juicy, very sugary, with a decided flavour 
of almonds. November. (Al. Pom.) 
Dundas. Van Mons. Man. in Hov. Mag. 
Elliott Dundas. Bouvier. 
Rousselet Jamin. Bouvier. 
A Belgian vari- 
ety, sent to this 
country by Van 
Mons, in 1834. 
Fruit medium size, 
obovate, inclining 
to turbinate. Skin 
clear yellow, sprin- 
kled with green- 
ish black dots, and 
heightened by a 
very brilliant red 
cheek. Stalk dark 
brown, an inch long, 
stout, inserted with- 
out depression. Ca- 
lyx small, placed at 
the bottom of a 
deep round basin. 
Flesh yellowish- 
white, half buttery, 
melting, with a 
rich perfumed juice. 
First of October, 
and keeps some 
time. 
Dickerman. 
Pardee’s No. 2. 
Raised by S. D. Pardee, New Haven, Conn., from whom we 
received specimens. Tree vigorous and productive, young wood 
maroon. 
Fruit medium, roundish, oblate. Skin yellowish, thickly 
covered with minute dots. Stalk curved, fleshy at its insertion, 
in a moderate cavity. Calyx nearly closed, segments persistent, 
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