PEARS. 585 



GANSEL-SECKLE. Fruit, not unlike the Seckle in shape, and 

 also with much of the character of Gausel's Bergamot on a small 

 scale. The skin has a solid bright crimson cheek next the sun, which 

 shades off to yellow on the opposite side ; the shaded side is covered 

 with a thin smooth crust of cinnamon-coloured russet, and the crimson 

 cheek is strewed with distinct dots of grey russet. Eye, small and 

 closed, with erect acute segments, set in a narrow and considerable 

 basin. Stalk, generally short and stout, but sometimes three-quarters 

 of an inch long, inserted in a narrow and rather deep cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish, rather coarse-grained and gritty, with a sweet, abundant, 

 and very richly-sugared juice, and a high perfume, but not so much 

 so as in Seckle. 



A first-rate pear ; ripe in the beginning of November. 



A seedling raised by the late Mr. Williams, of Pitmaston, Worcester. It was 

 obtained by crossing Seckle with Gansel's Bergamot, and Mr. Williams named it 

 GanseUSeckle, and not Gansel's Seckle, as it is sometimes written. 



GAUDRY. Fruit, small ; roundish ovate, even in its outline. Skin, 

 straw-coloured, covered with russet dots and patches. Eye, clove-like, 

 set in a shallow basin. Stalk, an inch and a quarter long, inserted in 

 a narrow cavity. Flesh, white, juicy, and melting, brisk, vinous, and 

 sweet, with a pleasant rose-water flavour. 



A rather good pear ; ripe in the end of October and beginning of 

 November. 



Garde Ecorse. See Gilogil. 



GENDEBIEN (Gendesheim; Verlaine ; Verlaine d''fc>). Fruit, 

 medium sized ; obtuse-pyriform. Skin, pale greenish yellow, thickly 

 covered with grey russety dots. Eye, small and open, with acute erect 

 segments, placed in a shallow depression. Stalk, an inch long, inserted 

 in a small cavity. FJesh, buttery, with a rich, sweet, and somewhat 

 musky flavour. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in October and November. The tree is 

 hardy, an excellent bearer, and succeeds well as a standard. 



Gendesheim. See Gendebien. 



GENERAL DUTILLIEUL. Fruit, large, three inches and three- 

 quarters long, and two and three-quarters wide ; pyramidal, uneven in 

 its outline. Skin, of a deep golden yellow colour, with a bright crimson 

 cheek where it is exposed to the sun, and where it is also covered with 

 large crimson dots like Forelle and Louise Bonne of Jersey ; where 

 shaded the dots are cinnamon-coloured, and there is a patch of cinnamon 

 russet round the stalk. Eye, very large and open, with large leaf-like 

 segments, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, three-quarters of an 

 inch long, thick and fleshy. Flesh, rather firm, not very juicy, sweet, 

 and agreeably flavoured. 



Ripe in the second week of September, when It soon becomes mealy, 

 and rots at the core. Mr. Blackmore considers it not worth growing. 



