PEARS. G09 



stitution. It succeeds better on the pear than on the quince, and 

 makes neat little pyramids. 



It was raised by M. Andre Leroy, of Angers, and named as a compliment to the 

 wife of M. Baptiste Desportes, who has for so many years acted as the manager of 

 M. Leroy 's extensive nurseries. 



MADAME DURIEUX. Fruit, medium sized; Bergamot-shaped. 

 Skin, greenish yellow, mottled with large patches of russet, particularly 

 about the stalk, and dotted and streaked with the same. Eye, closed, 

 slightly depressed. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long. Flesh, 

 white, melting, buttery, juicy, and with a Berganiot flavour. 



Ripe in the end of October and beginning of November. 



MADAME ELIZA. Fruit, large ; tall and oblong, even in its out- 

 line. Skin, greenish yellow, covered with patches of thin cinnamon- 

 coloured russet. Eye, rather large and open, with long leafy segments, 

 set in a slight depression. Stalk, half an inch loDg, inserted at a right 

 angle to the fruit. Flesh, yellowish, with a salmon tint in the centre 

 like Josephine de Malines, tender, melting, and juicy, sweet, but not 

 particularly rich. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in the end of November and through December. 



This is a seedling of Van Mons, and was named after Madame Eliza Berckmans, 

 wife of the pomologist of that name. 



Madame de France. See Windsor. 



MADAME HENRI DESPORTES. Fruit, roundish obovate or 

 turbinate, like Red Doyenne, handsome and regular in its outline. 

 Skin, rough to the feel, being covered with a thick coat of dark 

 cinnamon-coloured russet, through which the yellow ground is visible, 

 where the russet is thin. Eye, large and open, with broad, bold 

 segments, set in a round saucer-like basin. Stalk, very short and 

 stout, inserted in a round cavity. Flesh, yellow, buttery, rich, sugary, 

 and juicy, with a pleasant aroma. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in October. 



Raised by M. Andre Leroy, of Angers, in 18P3, and named in compliment to 

 the wife of M. Henri Desportes, foreman of M. Leroy's extensive nurseries. 



MADAME LORIOL DE BARNY. Fruit, large, three inches and 

 a quarter long, and two inches and three-quarters wide ; oblong, uneven 

 in its outline. Skin, greenish yellow, dotted and mottled with brown 

 russet, with here and there patches of the same. Eye, large and open, 

 slightly depressed. Stalk, very short and slender, with a high shoulder 

 on one side of it. Flesh, very juicy and melting, with a rich, vinous, 

 sprightly flavour, and a fine, delicate, musky aroma. 



A dessert pear of the first quality ; ripe in December. The tree is 

 a good bearer, forms handsome pyramids, and attains about the medium 

 size. 



Raised by M. Leroy, of Angers, in 1866, and named by him as a compliment to 

 his younger daughter, wife of M. Loricl de Barny, of Angers. 



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