PEARS. 599 



open, with short, rigid segments, and set in a plaited basin. Stalk, 

 an inch and a quarter long, inserted in a small cavity, with a fleshy 

 swelling on one side. Flesh, greenish yellow, buttery, melting, sweet, 

 and pleasantly flavoured. 



A dessert pear of good quality, highly esteemed in the Perthshire 

 orchards. 



John Dory. See Messire Jean. 

 Jolimont. See Summer Doyenne. 



JOLY DE BONNEAU. Fruit, above medium size ; curved 

 obovate. Skin, pale green, strewed with spots and veins of brown 

 russet. Eye, open, set in a narrow depression. Stalk, an inch long, 

 obliquely inserted, stout, woody, and inserted on the apex of the fruit 

 without depression. Flesh, white, with a pink tinge, fine-grained, 

 melting, juicy, sugary, and vinous. 



A first-rate pear ; in use from the middle till the end of December. 



Josephine. See Jaminette. 



JOSEPHINE DE MALINES. Fruit, above medium size. Skin, 

 yellow, with a greenish tinge on the shaded side, and with a tinge of 

 red on the side next the sun ; the whole surface strewed with large 

 russet spots. Eye, open, set in a rather shallow depression. Stalk, 

 three-quarters of an inch long, stout, and inserted in a narrow cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish, with a tinge of red, melting, and very juicy, sugary, 

 vinous, and richly flavoured, with a high rose-water aroma. 



A most delicious pear ; in use from January till May. The tree is 

 hardy, and an excellent bearer. Mr. Blackmore says it is " of grand 

 quality for a late pear. Habit, very straggling." 



It was raised by Major Esperen, of Malines, in 1830, and was named in com- 

 pliment to his wife. 



La Juive. See Jewess. 



JULES BIYORT. Fruit, rather large and handsome ; obovate, 

 even and regular in its outline. Skin, golden yellow, with a warm 

 orange glow on the side next the sun, mottled and speckled all over 

 with cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye, quite open and clove-like, set in 

 a shallow uneven basin. Stalk, an inch long, woody, stout, rather 

 obliquely inserted. Flesh, white, buttery, melting, and very juicy, 

 with sometimes an astringent flavour. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in the middle of October. 



JULES D'AIROLLES (De Liron d'Airolles). Fruit, about medium 

 sized ; pyriform. Skin, smooth, bright green, with bright red on the 

 side next the sun, the bright green changing to greenish yellow as it 

 ripens. Eye, partially open, rather deeply set. Stalk, about three- 

 quarters of an inch long, rather stout, inserted in a slight cavity. 



