PEARS. 595 



dense as to form a russet patch. Eye, rather small and open, set in a 

 pretty deep and uneven basin. Stalk, an inch long, stout and woody, 

 inserted in a line with the axis of the fruit in a small cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish, with a greenish tinge, melting, but not buttery, being rather 

 crisp, very juicy, sweet and vinous, with a very powerful and peculiar 

 flavour unlike any other pear. 



A delicious pear, of first-rate quality ; ripe in the end of November. 



Raised by the Rev. John Huyshe, of Clysthydon, Devon, from Beurre d'Arem- 

 berg, fertilised by Passe Colmar. 



HUYSHE 'S PRINCE OF WALES (II in/she's Bergamot). 

 large ; roundish oval, even in its outline. Skin, covered with cinnamon- 

 coloured russet, finely reticulated on a lemon-yellow ground. Eye, 

 small and open, with erect tooth-like segments, like that of Easter 

 Beurre, and set in a considerable basin. Stalk, an inch long, stout 

 and woody, somewhat obliquely inserted in a round and rather open 

 cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, tender, melting, and juicy, richly 

 flavoured, and with an aroma similar to that of the Autumn Bergamot. 

 A first-rate pear ; ripe in the end of November, and keeps till 

 January. The tree is a shy bearer. 

 Raised from Gansel's Bergamot by Rev. John Huyshe, of Clysthydon, Devon. 



HUYSHE'S PRINCESS OF WALES. Fruit, medium sized; 

 oblong, even in its outline, and abrupt at the stalk. Skin, in colour 

 like that of a handsome Marie Louise, a lemon-yellow ground, sprinkled- 

 with patches, veins, and dots of pale cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye, 

 small and open, with narrow, erect segments, placed in a shallow 

 depression. Stalk, an inch long, stout and woody, somewhat obliquely 

 inserted in a round and rather wide cavity. Flesh, of a deep yellow 

 colour, fine-grained, very melting, abundantly juicy, and richly flavoured,, 

 with a very high aroma. 



A very excellent pear ; ripe in the end of November. Mr. Black- 

 more says it is of very feeble habit, and not worth growing at Tedding- 

 ton. 



Raised by Rev. John Huyshe, of Clysthydon, Devon. 



HUYSHE'S VICTORIA. Fruit, medium sized ; oval or almost 

 cylindrical, flattened at the ends. Skin, yellowish, freckled and veined 

 with russet. Eye, small and open, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, 

 very short and thick, inserted without depression on the end of the 

 fruit, and sometimes obliquely inserted as in Beurre d'Aremberg. 

 Flesh, yellowish, melting, rather gritty at the core, juicy, rich, sugary, 

 and vinous. 



A first-rate pear ; in use during December and January. Mr. Luck- 

 hurst says that on the Weald of Sussex it is an excellent pear. 

 Raised by Rev. John Huyshe, of Clysthydon, Devon. 



Imperatrice de Bois. See Flemish Beauty. 



