,i : ;
Wood reddish chestnut colour, spotted with
gray.
Leaves ovate, acuminate, somewhat cordate
at the base, doubly serrated, and slightly downy
beneath , petioles about half an inch long, tinged
with purplish red at their base.
Fruit ovate or oblong, generally tapering to
the eye, which is much hollowed, with a few slight
plaits. Transverse Outline by no means angular.
S talk about an inch long, in a deep, regular
cavity. Skin a very clear light yellow green, with
a few greenish dots, yellow on the sunny side, and
becoming as white as that of a Blanquet Pear when
fully ripe. Flesh whitish, firm, crisp, very juicy,
with a most agreeable, lively, sweetish, subacid
flavour.
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