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Primitive or Petit Muscat

This is the smallest pear in size and one of the earliest in
Season.  It is not larger than a Crab apple or common
hedge Pear.  The flavor is pleasant when not too ripe.
The skin yellow, sometimes a small brownish red cast on the
cheek next the Sun.  It grows like a Catharine, very long
and straggling limbs - very vigorous growth, it of 
course does not bear till the tree is pretty large,
it then bears profusely. It is hardy as it respects the
blight from which it is free beyond most vigorous
growing Pear trees.  On free stocks it ripens about the
10th July, but earlier in the Apple or Quince stock.

[sketch of pear]

July  7. 1804
July  1. 1805
July  4. 1806
July 12. 1809
        