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variety has existed under this name perfectly distinct from it. It is evident that 

 the Cassolette of Knoop is not the same as that of Duhamel, but, nevertheless, 

 Knoop makes Lechfrion synonymous with his Cassolette the same as Duhamel does, 

 and there is a Lechfrion described by Riviere and Du Moulin as being long, large, 

 and red, ripe in the middle of September, whilst the Cassolette is small, long, and 

 greenish, ripe in August. Diel also thinks there are other varieties of the same 

 name. 



The Cassolette is so named from its resemblance to a small vessel made of copper 

 and silver in which pastilles were burnt. 



CASTELLINE. Fruit, about medium size, two inches and a 

 quarter wide, and nearly three inches high ; obovate, larger on one 

 side of the axis than the other. Skin, entirely covered with warm 

 cinnamon-coloured russet, which on the side next the sun is more 

 dense than on the shaded side, where it is thinner and in places 

 exposes the yellow ground colour. Eye, open, with short, erect seg- 

 ments, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, an inch long, obliquely inserted 

 by the side of a fleshy lip. Flesh, yellow, more so than is usual in 

 pears, buttery, melting, and richly flavoured. 



A good pear ; ripe in the beginning of November, but Mr. Blackmore 

 says it is worthless at Teddington. 



CATHERINE. Fruit, small, two inches wide, and two inches and 

 a half long ; pyriform. Skin, smooth and shining, fine clear yellow, 

 with a blush of red streaked with darker red on the side next the sun, 

 and strewed with numerous russety dots. Eye, small and open, set 

 even with the surface. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted 

 on the apex of the fruit without depression. Flesh, firm, fine-grained, 

 very juicy and sweet, but soon becomes mealy. 



An early pear ; ripe in August. 



This is an old English pear recorded by Parkinson in 1629 ; and in his ballad 

 "Upon a Wedding," Sir John- Suckling mentions it in describing the bride 



Her cheeks so rare a white was on, 

 No Daisy makes comparison 



(Who sees them is undone) ; 

 For streaks of red were mingled there, 

 Such as are on a Katherine Pear 



(The side that's next the sun). 



CATILLAC (Bon Chretien d' Amiens ; Chartreuse; Grand Monarque ; 

 Monstrueuse des La.ndes; Bell Pear ; Pound Pear). Fruit, very large ; 

 flatly turbinate. Skin, at first pale green, becoming after keeping a 

 beautiful bright lemon-yellow with a tinge of brownish red next the 

 sun, and covered with numerous large brown russety dots. Eye, 

 open, with short dry segments, set in a wide, even, and rather deep 

 basin. Stalk, an inch and a half long, stout, curved, and inserted in 

 a small cavity. Flesh, white, crisp, gritty, with a hard and somewhat 

 musky flavour. 



One of the best culinary pears ; in use from December to April. 

 The tree is hardy, vigorous, and a good bearer, succeeds well either 

 on the pear or quince. It is not desirable that this variety be grown 

 either as an open dwarf, or as an espalier, unless the situation be 



