608 THE FEUIT MANUAL. 



This is a delicious pear, and has the texture of flesh of Marie 

 Louise ; it is ripe during October. 



The seed was sown in a flower-pot by a little girl, the daughter of Mr. Peter 

 Grieve, gardener at Culford Hall, near Bury St. Edmunds, merely for her childish 

 amusement. She carefully tended the plants till they were large enough to be 

 planted in the open ground ; but ere the first of them bore fruit, in 1873, the little 

 maid was in her grave. Her father sent me the first fruit the tree produced, and 

 I named it Lucy Grieve, as a memorial of the raiser. 



Maatjes Peer. See Bergamotte d'Automne. 

 Mahille. See Napoleon. 

 Madame. See Windsor. 



MADAME ANDRE LEROY. Fruit, very large, four inches long, 

 and three inches wide ; oblong-obovate, or pyriform. Skin, of greenish 

 yellow colour, entirely covered with spots of grey russet. Eye, large 

 and open, set in a deep uneven basin. Stalk, an inch long, stout, 

 obliquely inserted, with a fleshy base on the extremity of the fruit, 

 Flesh, white, tinged with green under the skin, very melting, juicy, 

 and vinous. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in October. Mr. R. D. Blaekrnore says it 

 is one of the few new pears worth growing. 



Raised by M. Andre Leroy, of Angers, in 1862, and named in compliment to 

 Madame Leroy. 



MADAME APPERT. Fruit, large, nearly two inches and a half in 

 diameter, and three and a quarter long ; oblong-obovate, sometimes 

 roundish obovate ; uneven in its outline, tapering into the stalk. Skin, 

 very rough to the touch, being covered with thick coarse scaly brown 

 russet over its whole surface. Eye, open, with short erect segments 

 quite level with the surface. Stalk, long and slender, placed on the 

 apex of the fruit without depression, and sometimes with fleshy folds at 

 its base. Flesh, white, very melting, buttery, and juicy, sweet and 

 briskly flavoured, with a fine aroma. 



A very excellent pear, of a fine, rich, brisk, and refreshing flavour ; 

 ripe in October. The tree is a good bearer, succeeds well on the pear 

 or quince stock, and makes handsome pyramids. 



This was raised by M. Andre Leroy, of Angers, in 1861, and was dedicated to 

 his elder daughter, wife of M. Eugene Appert, a celebrated painter. 



MADAME BAPTISTE DESPORTES. Fruit, large, three inches 

 wide, and the same high ; turbinate, uneven in its outline. Skin, 

 yellow, covered with russety dots and patches. Eye, small and open, 

 set in a pretty deep basin. Stalk, stout, inserted in a round cavity 

 by the side of a fleshy lip. Flesh, melting, very juicy, with a rich, 

 brisk, vinous flavour. 



An excellent dessert pear ; ripe in October. The tree is small, 

 growing with slender shoots, an immense bearer, and of a healthy con- 



