5 i8 THE PEAR. 



(somewhat Bosc form) ; greenish-yellow, slightly russeted ; stalk 

 slender, not sunk ; basin small, calyx small, nearly closed ; flesh 

 white, melting, sub-acid, juicy, of fine quality. Late autumn and 

 early winter. Tree vigorous, productive. Succeeds on quince. 

 Foreign. Fig. 650. 



Countess of Lunay. Size medium, obovate-pyriform, somewhat 

 conic: skin smooth, pale waxen yellow, with a thin red cheek; 

 staik about an inch and a half long, set without depression on the 

 rounded point of the neck, which is slightly russeted ; basin very 



FIG. 698. Nantais. FIG. 699. Cornice. FIG. 7 Dix. 



small, even ; flesh white, very juicy, melting, fine, very good. 

 Mid-autumn. 



De Tongres. (Durandeau.) Large, pyramidal-pyriform, surface 

 uneven or knobby; yellow, with bronze russet and red stripes; 

 juicy, melting, rich, sub-acid, perfumed. October, November. A 

 large, handsome, and excellent pear, but the tree is rather tender. 

 Shoots light brown, slender, spreading, leaves narrow. 



Die!.* (Diel's Butter.) Large, sometimes very large, thick py- 

 riform, neck short, obtuse, body very large; small specimens 

 approach obovate ; skin dull yellow, with numerous conspicuous 

 dots, and some russet ; stalk an inch and a fourth to an inch and 

 a half long, stout, moderately sunk ; basin slightly furrowed ; flesh 

 rather coarse, rich, sugary, buttery, juicy, fine. Late autumn 

 and early winter. Shoots large, spreading, irregular; leavei 

 roundish or broad. Suceeds well on quince stocks. Belgian. 

 Fig. 693. 



Dix. Large, long pyriform, body round-ovate, tapering slightlj 



