NOTES ON SOME VARIETIES OF PEARS. 105 
This is only a second-rate pear, but one of the most beautiful in 
cultivation, It ripens in the middle of October, and ought to be used 
immediately, as it soon decays at the core. ide 
This and Henri Nicaise appear to be synonymous. 
Millot de Мапсу— Va» Mons. 
Fruit below medium size, turbinate, even and regularly formed, some- 
what of the character of Passe Colmar. Skin smooth, of a uniform 
warm coppery-red, and dotted all over with rather large grey russet 
dots. On the shaded side the colour is more of & yellowish, dotted 
and crusted over with cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye small and open, 
set almost even with the surface. . Stalk short, thick, and — Е 
the base, obliquely inserted without depression. Flesh уе = 
half-melting, very juicy and tender, Juice thick and sugary, briskly 
and highly-flavoured, with a pleasant aroma. i ы 400% 
А а pear, ripe in the end of October and beginning s 
November, ; 
