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numerous dots and patches of greyish brown russet. Eye, small and 

 open, with dry, broad, flat segments, and set in a shallow basin. 

 Stalk, an inch and a half long, stout and fleshy, and inserted in a 

 small and knobbed cavity. Flesh, white, buttery, and melting, with a 

 rich sugary and musky flavour. 



An excellent dessert pear ; in use from November to Christmas. 

 The tree succeeds well as a standard, is vigorous and a good bearer, 

 and may be grown either on the pear or quince stock, on the latter 

 particularly it bears early and abundantly. It delights in a light, warm 

 soil, but where it is wet and heavy the fruit is worthless and the tree 

 unhealthy. In Scotland and exposed situations it requires a wall. 



Forsyth makes this synonymous with Yat, which is a distinct variety. 



L'Echerrion. See Cassolette. 



Edouard's Schmalzbirne. See Abbe Edouard. 



EDOUARD MORREN. Fruit, large, three inches long, and two 

 and a half wide ; obovate, narrowing abruptly towards the stalk. 

 Skin, greenish yellow dotted with red, and with a reddish blush on the 

 side next the sun. Eye, rather large and open, set in a wide depres- 

 sion. Stalk, about an inch long, inserted on the apex of the fruit, 

 without a cavity. Flesh, tender, juicy, and melting, slightly gritty, 

 sweet, rich, and finely perfumed. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in October. 



Raised by M. Gathoy, a nurseryman at Liege, and supposed to have originated 

 as a cross between Fondante de Brest and White Doyenne. It was named in 

 honour of M. Edouard Morren, Professor of Botany in the University of Liege. 



ELISA D'HEYST. Fruit, above medium size, or large ; irregular 

 oval, widest in the middle, and tapering towards the eye and the stalk. 

 Skin, smooth and shining, yellowish green, clouded with russet about 

 the stalk, and covered with russet dots. Eye, closed, set in a deep, 

 irregular basin. Stalk, half an inch long, stout, and inserted without 

 depression. Flesh, melting, juicy, sugary, and richly flavoured. 



A first-rate pear ; ripe in February and March. At Teddington Mr. 

 Blackmore finds it inferior. 



Elizabeth Walker. See Amande Double. 

 Ellanrioch. See Hampden's Bergamot. 



ELTON. Fruit, medium sized ; oval. Skin, greenish, almost 

 entirely covered with thin grey russet, and marked with patches of 

 coarser russet, with a tinge of orange on the part exposed to the sun. 

 Eye, small, very slightly depressed. Stalk, stout, inserted in a deep 

 cavity. Flesh, firm, crisp, juicy, rich, and excellent. 



A first-rate pear ; ripe in September, but does not keep long. It is 

 frequently without a core and seeds, the flesh being solid throughout. 



This variety was brought into use by T. A. Knight, Esq., who discovered it 



