306 NOTES ON NEW PEARS. 



equal to the Passe Colmar, which in flavour and appearance 

 it somewhat resembles, Season, January. 



Duchesse de Bern. Langelier. 



Same as Uvedale's St. Germain. 



Duchesse Delost. Langelier. 



Smooth, yellowish ; stalk long, curved. Eye open, with 

 the segments of the calyx projecting. Flesh half melting. 

 Flavour very indifferent. Season, December. Not worthy 

 of cultivation. 



Gloire de Binche. (Gaudiere.) De Jonghe. 



Skin golden yellow, slightly sprinkled with brown. Flesh 

 yellowish white, melting, buttery, and tolerably rich, but 

 scarcely equal to that of the Passe Colmar, which it somewhat 

 resembles. Season, January, February. 



Poire de Groseiller. Langelier. 



Middle-sized, obovate or pyriform. Stalk an inch and a 

 half in length. Eye rather deeply sunk in an evenly-formed 

 cavity, on the sides of which the segments of the calyx 

 recline. Flesh yellowish white, tolerably well flavoured, but 

 too gritty. Season, January. 



Leopold I. (Bivort.) De Jonghe. 



Fruit scarcely middle-sized, obovate. Stalk an inch and 

 a quarter in length, with a fleshy projection on one side at 

 its insertion. Eye open, with the segments of the calyx 

 prominent. Skin smooth, pale yellow, sprinkled with brown 

 dots. Flesh white, melting, buttery, juicy, and rich, with 

 slight perfume. The specimen, however, was considered 

 scarcely first-rate. Season, December. 



Marjolle. Langelier. 



This proves to be the Passe Colmar. 



Ne plus Meuris. De Jonghe. 



Skin covered with cinnamon-coloured russet. Flesh 

 coarse, gritty, bitter. Quite a difierent Pear from the well- 

 known irregular-shaped, roundish, rather unsightly, but very 

 excellent late sort, known in this country under the above 

 name. There must be some mistake in the one now 



