Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 161 



little swollen at the base, and inserted in a small contracted 

 cavity ; Eye, rather large, open, and slightly sunk in an open 

 and nearly smooth basin ; segments of the calyx, short, stout, 

 stiff, projecting ; Flesh, yellowish, coarse, melting and juicy ; 

 Flavor, rich, subacid, sprightly, vinous, perfumed and exceK 

 lent ; Core, large ; Seeds, large, long and pointed. Ripe in 

 September and October. 



140. Jersey Gratioli. Gardeners^ Chronicle, 1844. 



In our volume for 1844, (XII, p. 337,) we gave a brief 

 account of the Jersey Gratioli pear, (fg. 12.) It had then. 



Fig. 12. Jersey Gratioli. 



just been introduced into our collections ; but during the last 

 three years, some fine fruits have been produced upon our 

 trees, and we are enabled, after a fair trial, to pronounce it a 

 most excellent fall pear, ripening just after the Belle Lucrative, 



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