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THE PEAR. 
quince. Ripens October, November, and keeps well. (L. E. 
Berckmans, Ms.) 
Esperine. Yan Mons. 
Beurre Sprin. 
Tree upright, vigorous, very productive. 
Fruit medium, obovate, inclining to pyriform. Skin yellow 
with numerous brown dots and sometimes patches of russet, 
Stalk long, inclined, inserted by a lip in a slight depression. 
Calyx open, in a rather small shallow basin. Flesh white, 
juicy, melting, with a pleasant perfumed flavour. Core small. 
September and October. 
Figue de Naples. Thomp. 
Comtesse de Frenol. Beurre Bronzee. 
De Vigne Pelone. Fig Pear of Naples. Man. 
A very good, late autumn pear, but inferior to several others. 
It grows vigorously and bears well. A cooking fruit. 
Fruit of rather large size, oblong-obovate. Skin nearly 
covered with brown, and tinged with red next the sun. Flesh 
buttery, melting, and agreeable. November. 
Figue d’Alen§on. Thomp. 
Verte longue de la Mayenne. Figue d’Hiver. 
This corresponds with Verte longue of Angers and probably 
may prove synonymous with it. 
