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Livezy's Pear (Pound Pear)

[sketch of pear]

A large fruit very much resembling the Pound
pear in appearance and quality, but rather less full
and more produced. It is a winter fruit excellent
for stewing, and keeps well, the skin is thick &
tough with a red russet cheek when ripe.  The flesh
is rich but very firm. The flavor when ripe towards
the Spring well flavored, the size that of a large
yellow Beurré, the stalk long and that end tapering
to a point. Cultivated in Philada [Philadelphia] County & the
name derived from a family resident there.
        