184 PEARS. 



15; GREEN CATHARINE, OR ROUSSELET*. 



Is a fine sprightly pear very pleasant as an eating 

 fruit, and excellent for baking ; it is a great and con- 

 stant bearer the size is rather small ; the form very 

 irregular; the blossom end round, diminishing towards 

 the stem ; the skin of a greenish yellow, with a rus- 

 set brown cheek, scattered over with spots of a feuille 

 morte colour the flesh is firm and breaking, of a 

 coarse grain it ripens in August, and continues a 

 long time the tree grows somewhat like the early 

 Catharine, and is very hardy. 



16. RED BERGAMOT. 



This fruit is sometimes large, but usually of a mod- 

 erate size the form round, flattened at both ends ; the 

 stalk very long, the flesh coarse and tender ; very full 

 of juice, of a fine flavour, rich, and sprightly ; the skin 

 is yellow, the cheek next the Sun of a lively red, dot- 

 ted with small russet spots ; the time of ripening in 

 August ; the tree is of vigorous growth, and large size ; 

 it does not bear while young, but when more advanced 

 is a great bearer. 



