PEAES. 541 



russet spots. Eye, large, half open, set almost even with the surface. 

 Stalk, upwards of an inch long, curved, obliquely inserted without 

 depression. Flesh, white, half -melting, very juicy and sweet. 

 A good early pear ; ripe in September. 



CALEBASSE GROSSE (Calebasse Carafon; Calebasse Monstre; 

 Calebasse Monstrueuae du Nora; Calebasse Royale ; Triomphe de Hasselt ; 

 Van Marum). Fruit, very large, sometimes measuring six inches long ; 

 oblong. Skin, greenish yellow, considerably covered with dark grey 

 russet in the shade, and entirely covered with light brown russet on 

 the side next the sun. Eye, small, set in a pretty deep basin. Stalk, 

 an inch long. Flesh, coarse-grained, crisp, juicy, and sweet. 



Eipe in October. Its size is its only recommendation. 



Calebasse d'Hiver. See Beurre Bretonneau. 

 Calebasse d'Hollande. See Calebasse. 



CALEBASSE KICKX. Fruit, below medium size, two inches wide, 

 and two inches and three-quarters high ; obovate, somewhat uneven in 

 its outline. Skin, pale straw-yellow colour all over, and marked here 

 and there with a few patches of very thin pale cinnamon-coloured 

 russet. Eye, open, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, an inch and a half 

 long, fleshy towards the base, where it is united with the fruit by a few 

 folds. Flesh, whitish, coarse-grained, rather gritty, half-buttery, not 

 very juicy, and little flavour, but with a musky perfume. 



A fruit of inferior quality, which becomes quite pasty in the middle 

 of October. 



A seedling of Van Mons, which he dedicated to M. Kickx, Professor of Botany 

 at Ghent. It appears as No. 590 in his catalogue. 



Calebasse Monstre. See Calebasse Grosse. 



Calebasse Monstrueuso du Nord. See Calebasse Grosse. 



Calebasse Musquee. See Calebasse. 



Calebasse Royale. See Calebasse Grosse. 



Calebasse Sterckmans. See Beurre Sterckmans. 



CALEBASSE TOUGARD. Fruit, about medium size, two inches 

 and a half wide, and three inches and a half high ; pyriform. Skin, 

 yellowish, covered with spots and patches of rough brown russet. Eye, 

 open, placed even with the surface. Stalk, over an inch in length, set 

 even with the surface. Flesh, with a pinkish tinge, half-melting, very 

 juicy, sugary, and with a pleasant flavour. 



Ripe during October and November, and is very soon rotten. 



This is a posthumous seedling of Van Mons, which first fruited in 1847, and 

 was dedicated by M. Bivort to M. Tougard, of Rouen. 



Calebasse Tougard. See Flemish Beauty. 



