Descrlplio7is of Select Vai'letlcs of Pears. (^3 



with M. Duval, from whom he received several kinds of 

 pears, and he may have had it from M. Duval himself It is 

 a new fruit, and as yet but little known. Lindley does not 

 mention it, although it is included in the Catalogue of the 

 Horticultural Society for 1831. 



The trees, we have said, are productive, and to this we 

 may add, that they are of vigorous growth, and hardy. It 

 succeeds also upon the quince, and trees come into bearing 

 moderately early, about the fourth or fifth year. Wood 

 brownish olive, with scattered, whitish specks. 



Size, large, about three inches long, and two and a half 

 inches in diameter : Form, pyramidal, regular, full at the 

 crown, and tapering to the stem, near which it is slightly 

 contracted : Skin, fair, smooth, pale green, marked with dull 

 red on the sunny side, and thickly covered with small, russet 

 specks : Stein, short, about half an inch in length, rather 

 stout, knobby, straight, and obliquely inserted, in a small cav- 

 ity, on one side of a swollen lip : Eye, large, open, and slight- 

 ly sunk in a shallow, uneven basin ; segments of the calyx 

 medium length, rounded, projecting : Flesh, greenish white, 

 rather coarse, melting, buttery, and juicy : Flavor, rich, sac- 

 charine, sprightly, perfumed, and excellent : Core, large : 

 Seeds, medium size, long, light brown. Ripe in October and 

 November. 



89. Doyenne' Santelete. Guide to the Orchard. 

 Sentelet, of some collections. 



The Doyenne Santelete, {fig. 9,) was one of the one hun- 

 dred and twenty kinds of scions of pears received from Van 

 Mons in the spring of 1836, at the same time as the Duval. 

 Whether or not it succeeded, we are not aware, though it 

 was marked as living, when received. We do not recollect 

 of ever having seen it in the collection of Mr. Manning, but, 

 in the great lumiber which he has fruited, we may have over- 

 looked it. A few years ago, we obtained it from Jersey, and, 

 the last season, our trees came into bearing ; it proved to 

 be a very excellent pear. 



The Catalogue of the London Horticultural Society, 3d 

 Ed., describes a variety under this name, as a ''crisp" pear of 



