fondante d'Automne

FONDANTE D'AUTOMNE. Her. Pom., II., 34.

F. Bergamotte Lucrative. G. Esperen's Herrenbirn.

Dessert, September to October, medium, 2| by 2\.

Shape, Bergamotte, very even. Skin, green fading to

yellow, partly covered with brownish russet. Eye,

open, segments upright, claw-like. Stem, short and

stout on a slight cavity. Growth, rather dwarfish, a

little spreading ; fertility excellent. Leaf, narrow oval,

undulated at edge, irregularly shallow crenate,

sharply pointed, down curved, turns dull crimson red.

Origin, raised by M. Fievee at Maubeuge before 1825.

One of the most reliable of Autumn pears, doing well

in any form.

 

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