A BOIS JASPER
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[aka Jasper, aka] A bois Jaxpe; A bois et fruit faspi (France) - Fruit medium to large, 3 by 2 inches, pyriform; neck short and only its apex well set; stalk short or none; slightly tapering; apex flat; ribs distinct, irregular, confluent. Eye small, closed: scales upright: color, green and bronze, with pale and scant bloom. Pulp fine; seeds few and small: color of pulp pale rosy amber. Sweet and juicy, not highly flavored, but good. Leaves coarse, medium size, deeply 5-lobed. rough both above and below; stalk bent. Not identical with either Panachee or Col de Signora Panachee. (676)