OF WINTER PEARS. 
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103. VICAR OF WINKFIELD. Plate 12. (Le Cure', Dumas.) 
.Large, long pyriform,both body and neck being prolonged ; sides unequally tapering with 
a concavity, to an obtuse base, bearing upon it a long, obliquely inserted, slender, curved 
stem. Color green, becoming yellow, and may exhibit a brownish cheek ; skin smooth. 
Calyx large, leafy, spreading, and set in a very shallow basin. Flesh greenish white, 
may be juicy and buttery, though not constant. 
It is well spoken of by the distinguished pomologist, Marshall P. Wilder, of Boston. 
104. LAS CANAS. 
Fruit of the medium size, pyriform ; sides tapering with a concavity to an acute base, and 
merged in the stem. Color yellow, marked with thin russet, rarely confluent. Stern 
an inch long. Calyx sunk in a small depression. Flesh juicy and melting. 
Resembles in form the Capiaumont. 
Class II. Height greater than the breadth. 
Order II. Base indented 
105. INCONNUE OF MONS. Fig. 22. 
Fruit small, subpyriform, slightly compressed, tapering 
from near the middle to an obtuse base, slightly in- 
indented ; indentation nearly filled with the flesh pro¬ 
longed upon the stem, forming upon its insertion a 
protuberance. Color green, becoming yellowish on 
ripening, slightly marked with russet upon the crown ; 
skin roughish. Stem long, slender, and curved ; basin 
shallow. Calyx rather large, outer segments everted 
upon the sides. Flesh greenish white, fine-grained, 
juicy, subacid, tender. Very good, but not first-rate. 
Ripens in January. 
This pear is one of Van Mon’s seedlings, and though 
it may not rank with first-rate fruits, is still worthy 
cultivation. 
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