PEAES. 597 



half wide, and three inches and a quarter long ; obtuse pyriform. Skin, 

 greenish yellow, tinged with red on the exposed side, and covered with 

 russety dots and patches. Eye, open, deeply set. Stalk, an inch long. 

 Flesh, white, buttery, melting, and richly flavoured. 

 An excellent pear ; ripe in October and November. 



JAMINETTE (Austrasie; Banneaux; Belle d' Austrasie ; Bergamotte 

 d' Austrasie ; Colmar Jaminette ; Crasanne (V Austrasie ; Josephine ; 

 Maroit ; Pyrole ; Sabine d' Hirer). Fruit, medium sized; turbinate. 

 Skin, pale yellowish green, thickly covered with brown dots, and marked 

 with cinnamon-coloured russet next the sun and round the stalk. Eye, 

 open, with long reflexed segments, set in a rather deep basin. Stalk, 

 about an inch long, stout, and rather obliquely inserted without depres- 

 sion. Flesh, white, very juicy, and melting, sugary, vinous, and 

 aromatic. 



A first-rate pear ; in use from November to January. 



JARGONELLE (Beau Present; Belle Vierge ; Beurre de Paris; 

 Chopine; Cueillette; Epargne; De Fosse; Grosse Cuisse Madame; 

 Mouille Bouche d*Ete ; Sweet Summer; St. Lambert; St. Samson ; De 

 la Table des Princes). Fruit, large, and pyriform. Skin, smooth, 

 greenish yellow, with a tinge of dark brownish red next the sun. Eye, 

 large and open, with short, stout, blunt segments, set in a shallow basin. 

 Stalk, about two inches long, slender, and obliquely inserted without 

 depression. Flesh, yellowish white, tender, melting, and very juicy, 

 with a rich, vinous flavour, and slight musky aroma. 



A well-known dessert pear ; ripe in August. The tree is healthy 

 and vigorous, with strong pendent shoots ; succeeds well as a standard,' 

 but in northern climates requires a wall. There is no part of the king- 

 dom where it will not attain the greatest perfection by being grown 

 against a wall ; and in many parts of the north, where the situation is 

 sheltered, though not produced of a large size, still it ripens thoroughly 

 as a standard. In the city of Perth it may be seen acquired in 

 wherever there is ground .sufficient to plant it. Never did bourgeois 

 of Rheims exhibit more partiality for his favoured Rousselet than the 

 citizen of Perth does for his adopted Jargonelle. Mr. Blackmore says 

 it loses all flavour against a wall at Teddington. 



It is difficult to say at what period this old favourite was first introduced to this 

 country, but the earliest mention we have of it is by Switzer. 



Jargonelle d'Automne. See Ah ! mon Dieu. 

 Jargonelle of Merlet. See Bassin. 



JEAN DE WITTE. Fruit, rather below medium size ; obovate. 

 Skin, smooth, bright green, changing to bright yellow as it attains 

 maturity, covered with many small dots and markings of thin cinna- 

 mon-coloured russet. Eye, small and closed, set in a considerable 

 depression. Stalk, an inch or more in length, inserted in a small 



