PEARS. 589 



clusters ; roundish turbinate. Skin, green, with sometimes a brownish 

 tinge next the sun. Eye, large and open. Stalk, three-quarters of an 

 inch long, inserted without depression. Flesh, juicy, sweet, and 

 slightly gritty. 



An old-fashioned early pear, of little merit ; ripe in August. 



The name Chisel is a corruption of the French name Choiseul. 



Green Sylvange. See Sylvange. 

 Green Windsor. See Windsor. 



GREEN YAIR. Fruit, below medium size ; obovate. Skin, 

 smooth, dark green, changing to yellowish green as it ripens, and 

 strewed with patches and dots of russet. Eye, large, open, and 

 prominent. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, obliquely inserted. 

 Fleshy, tender, juicy, and sugary. 



A good Scotch pear ; ripe in September. 



It was raised at Yair, on the Tweed, in Peeblesshire. 



GREGOIRE BORDILLON. Fruit, rather large ; roundish 

 turbinate. Skin, pale yellow in the shade, and deep yellow, mottled 

 with dull red next the sun, the surface more or less covered with rough 

 russet. Eye, open, slightly depressed. Stalk, short, thick, and fleshy, 

 inserted without depression. Flesh, yellowish white, melting, very 

 juicy and sugary, of an exquisite perfume. 



An early pear of excellent quality ; ripe in August, and which Mr. 

 Blackmore says is " one of the coming pears." 



It was raised by M. Andre Leroy, of Angers, and dedicated by him to his 

 friend M. Gregoire Bordillon, formerly Prelect of the Department of Maine-et- 

 Loire. 



Gresiliere. See Fondante d'Automne. 

 Grey Achan. See Chaumontel. 

 Grey Doyenne. See Red Doyenne. 

 Grey Goose. See Gros Eousselet. 



GROOM'S PRINCESS ROYAL (Matthews's Eliza). Fruit, medium 

 sized ; roundish, very much like Hanipden's Bergamot. Skin, greenish, 

 marked with russet, and with a brownish tinge next the sun. Eye, 

 small and open, set in a slight depression. Stalk, short and thick, 

 inserted in a pretty deep cavity. Flesh, buttery, melting, sometimes 

 gritty, and sweet. 



A" good second-rate pear; in use from January till March. Mr. 

 Blackmore says it is " no good at all." 



Raised by Mr. Groom, a nurseryman at Clapham, near London, and afterwards 

 sent out by 'his son-in-law under the name of Matthews's Eliza. 



Gros Blanquet. See Large Blanquet. 



