180 PEARS. 



is regular, diminishing towards the stem, which is 

 long ; if picked before it is too ripe, it is a pretty good 

 early pear ; it sometimes grows in clusters, produces 

 abundantly, and ripens about the middle of July. 



7. THE SKINLESS, Oil POIRE SANS PEAU. 



The size of this pear is about that of the early 

 Catharine the skin is smooth and very thin the co- 

 lour a greenish yellow, with a little blush, scarcely 

 perceptible ; the stem is long and small the flesh jui- 

 cy, and breaking rather than melting, of a pleasant 

 sweet taste, very attractive to wasps and bees the 

 tree and foliage are of delicate growth- the time of 

 ripening about the end of July. 



8. FIN OR D'ETE,' OR FINE GOLD OF SUMMER, 



This is a very fine and beautiful pear the size is 

 small, the form nearly round the blossom end flat, 

 the stem almost an inch long, growing a little on one 

 side the skin has a small degree of roughness; of a 

 rich yellow on one side, and on the other a brilliant 

 red, dotted with yellow ; the flesh rich and juicy, brea- 

 king, and highly flavoured; the growth of the tree 

 vigorous, with long hanging limbs in perfection about 

 the twentieth of July. 



