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Culottes de Suisse or Verte longue
Panacheé, or Striped long Green

[sketch of pear]

This is supposed to be a variety of the Mouille Bouche
or long green. The tree resembles the long green and
the fruit is in form and flavor very like to it.  The
skin striped lengthways with yellow and green and
spotted with brown or dark green, sometimes the rays of
green are lightly shaded with red on the side towards the
Sun.  The tree is a great bearer.  The fruit is pretty large,
long and pyriform in shape, diminishing towards the stalk.
The stalk is not long. The flesh is melting fine and delicate
white and without much core, the juice is abundant,
sweet and sugary with an agreeable smell, the seeds are
long and black, ripens in the latter part of September.
        