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Summer Bon Chretien

No 8.

This is a  pretty large and very long pear, about the size of
a Midling Beurré. It has a long curved neck
produced to a point when, picked before it is ripe
and kept in the house, it is a very juicy and
melting Pear, with a good flavor, sweet and
<s>tolerably</s> sprightly.  The tree is very vigorous
in growth, large leaves which grow on straggling
branches like the large Sugar Pear.  In perfection
from the middle to the end of July.  The skin is a light
qreen with small black cloudy spots blended with a russet portion.
earlt towards the stalk.  The cheej towards the Sun has frequently
a faint brownish red color, the stalk smooth and long.

[sketch of pear]

This is by many persons called the Jargonelle.
It certainly is not the Summer Bon Chretien as
delineated and described by L'Abbé Rozier.
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