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Green Catharine or
Roussellet

A pear of midling size of a greenish yello
when fully ripe with a reddish brown or
fawn colored cheek next the Sun with spots
of a duller brown or feuillemorte color scattered over
the skin. It is a rich firm flesh, rather breaking
than melting of uncommonly coarse grain
and full of Juice. The tast is very sprightly
and agreeable. The tree is very hardy, grows
a little like the Early Catharine and Rouselette
de Rheims. An uncommonly great and
uniform bearer and a very profitable fruit for
market, as it will kepp sound longer than
most other pears at the Season of ripening
which is all the month of August.

[sketch of pear] Green  [sketch of pear] Catharine

1808
August 1
        