DESCRIPTIVE LIST OP PEARS. 117 



tinned with red ; fiVsh whitish, very melting, and delicate ; juice perfumed, 

 sweet and abundant Tree very productive, and fruit ripe early in Sep- 

 tember. 



AUTUMN FRUIT. 



ANDREWS, Amory, Gibson. Fruit oblong ; skin yellowish green, with a 

 dull red cheek ; flesh melting, juicy, and high flavoured. Mr. Manning 

 represents it as " a very valuable pear, producing its fruit early and abun- 

 dantly." Ripe in September and October. 



AUTUMN BERGAMOT, Common Bergamot, York Bergamot, Bergamotte 

 tfAuto/nne, Andrews. Fruit globular, depressed ; skin rough, yellowish 

 green, and dull brown, with greyish spots ; flesh pale, melting, juicy, 

 sugary and perfumed; ripe in September and October. This variety has 

 been cultivated in England from the time of Julius Caesar, and is still con- 

 sidered by many a first-rate Pear in its season. 



AUTUMN JSUPERB. This is a large Pear, full and round at the eye, 

 diminishing to a point at the stem ; the skin is yellow, mixed with dull 

 red ; the flesh melting and good. Mr. Manning says it bears young; and 

 that the fruit ripens in October. 



HEU.F. ET BONNE, Belle d' Flanders, Schone und gute, Gracieuve. Fruit 

 very large, globular, depressed ; the stalk long ; skin greenish yellow, but 

 nrxt the sun yellow, with spots of russet ; flesh white, sweet, exceeding 

 rich and agreeably perfumed. The tree is very productive, and the fruit 

 ripens in September. This variety has been cultivated under the erroneous 

 names of Charles d'Autriche, Belle De Bruxelles and Bergamotte Crus- 

 sanne, which are distinct fruits. 



KEI.LE LUCRATIVE, Fondante d'Automne. A beautiful Flemish Pearj 

 middle sized, roundish, tapering at the stalk ; skin yellow, slightly rus- 

 seited, and tinned with pale red; flesh melting, sweet and juicy, with a 

 sligi t musky perfume ; early in October. Mr. Manning considered this 

 variety as worthy of a place among the choisest collections. 



RF.URRE Bosc, Calebusse base. Fruit large and very long; terminated 

 with a crown, near three inches in diameter ; somewhat calabash-formed ; 

 skin gray fawn colour, but russetty yellow at maturity; flesh white, melt- 

 ing, highly flavoured, and delicious ; it ripens in October. 



HI.E.EKER'S MEADOW, Large Seckel, of Prince. Meadow Pear of Winter 

 4- Co. A native fruit of medium size, roundish form, and of a yellow 

 colour, tinged with dull red; the flesh melting, juicy, sweet, musky, and 

 of delicious flavour; ripe in October. A prolific bearer. 



BROWN BEURRE, Beurre Rouge, Beurre d'Or, Beurre Dote, Beurre du 

 Roi, Beurre d'Arnbnifte, Isumbert, Red Beurre, Golden Beurre, Poire < Am- 

 boixe. This was formerly considered the best of all Pears in its season. 

 Fiuit rather large, of greenish yellow, and dusky red colour, covered with 

 thin russet ; flesh melting, buttery, rich and excellent ; at perfection in 

 October and November. 



CAPIAMONT, Beurre de Capiaumonf, Calebasse vass. This variety is 

 much esteemed in the vicinity of Boston. Fruit of medium size ; skin 

 yellow, tinged with fine red or cinnamon ; flesh yellowish, melting, very 

 rich and high flavoured ; in September and October. 



