588 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Flesh, yellow, fine-grained, buttery and melting, juicy, sweet, and with 

 a flavour resembling that of Marie Louise. 



An excellent little pear ; ripe in October. Soon rots at the core. 



A seedling raised at the Royal Gardens, Frogmore, near Windsor, and first 

 exhibited in 1863. 



Got Luc de Cambron. See Glou Morceau. 

 Goubault. See Beurre Goubault. 

 Goulu Moreau. See Glou Morgeau. 

 Gracieuse. See Hampden's Hergamot. 

 Grand Monarque. See Catillac. 

 Grand Muscat. See Muscat Eobert. 



GRAND SOLEIL. Fruit, large, two inches and three-quarters long, 

 and two inches and a quarter wide ; roundish turbinate. Skin, very 

 rough to the feel, entirely covered with dark brown russet of the colour 

 of that which covers the Royal Russet apple. Eye, open, with long 

 pointed segments, set in a pretty deep basin. Stalk, an inch and a 

 quarter long, thick and fleshy, swelling out at the base into the sub- 

 stance of the fruit. Flesh, white, [coarse-grained, crisp, and very juicy, 

 sweet, and with a pleasant flavour. 



A good but not first-rate pear ; ripe in November. 



GRASLIN. Fruit, large, three inches and quarter long, and two 

 and a half wide ; roundish obovate. Skin, greenish yellow, thickly 

 sprinkled with green and russet dots. Eye, large and open, set 

 almost level with the surface. Stalk, an inch long, thick and stout, 

 inserted without depression. Flesh, tender and melting, with a pleasant 

 acidulous and musky flavour. 



A good pear ; ripe in October and November. 



It receives its name from the family of Graslin, owners of the Chateau Malitourne, 

 in the department of La Sarthe, where the pear was found. 



Gratioli. See Summer Bon Chretien. 



Gratioli d'Hiver. See Beurre Diel. 



Gratioli di Roma. See Summer Bon Chretien. 



Gratioli de la Toussaint. See Spanish Bon Lhretien. 



Gratioli de Jersey. See Jersey Gratioli. 



Great Bergamot. See Hampderis Bergamot. 



Great Blanquette. See Large Blanquet. 



Great Rousselet. See Gros Bousselet. 



GREEN CHISEL (Guenette). Fruit, very small, growing in 



