OF AUTUMN PEART. 
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46. FLEMISH BEAUTY. Plate 12, d. Fig. 10. 
This pear is often large, tapering from 
below^the middle to a round, cordate 
base, with a narrow, but rather deep 
indentation, from which projects a long, 
slender, curved stem. Height and 
breadth equal or subequal; obscurely 
pyritorm, obovate, wide across the 
crown, with a moderately deep basin. 
Color pale yellow, marbled with patch¬ 
es of bright russet. Flesh juicy, melt¬ 
ing, saccharine and rich, with a slight 
musky flavor. Last of September. 
47. FOND ANTE D’AUTOMNE. 
Obscurely pyriform, obovate, narrowing towards the base, having rather straight, than 
convex sides, terminating in an obtuse base, in which the indentation is obsolete and 
irregular; from which a thick, straight, and moderately long, knobby stem projects. 
It attains the common size. Color pale yellowish green, slightly russeted. Basin 
moderately deep. Flesh white, juicy and delicious. Flemish. 
48. FULTON. 
Fruit depressed, much wider than high, oblate, less than the medium size ; sides taper 
from the middle to wide, rounded base, containing a distinct indentation, from which a 
very long, slender, and only slightly curved stem projects. Color gray russet, changing 
as it matures to red russet, or redish brown. Calyx rather large, open; basin shal¬ 
low and wide. Flesh moderately juicy, sprightly and rich ; seeds compressed. October 
and November. 
