PEARS. 623 



Neige. See White Doyenne. 

 Neige Grise. See Red Doyenne. 

 Neill. See Colmar Xeill. 

 Nelis d'Hiver. See Winter Xelis. 

 Neuve Maison. See Se mirier. 

 New Autumn. See Janjunelle. 



NEW MEADOW. A very small, turbinate fruit, covered with 

 brownish grey russet, and a brownish red cheek next the sun. Stalk, 

 upwards of an inch long, and slender. 



A perry pear ; grown in Herefordshire, but it produces a liquor of 

 only second quality. 



New York Red-Cheek. See Seckle. 



NINA (Manning's Elizabeth ; Elizabeth). Fruit, small, two inches 

 and three-quarters long, and two inches and a half wide ; obovate or 

 turbinate, slightly uneven in its outline. Skin, bright yellow, very 

 much covered with mottles and specks of cinnamon-coloured russet, 

 and with a tinge of clear red where exposed to the sun. Eye, small, 

 with incurved toothlike segments, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, 

 half an inch to three-quarters long, stout, obliquely inserted on one 

 side, and without depression. Flesh, tender and melting, very juicy, 

 sweet, and richly flavoured. 



A very excellent early pear, ripe in the end of August, which soon 

 decays after being ripe, and on that account ought to be gathered while 

 it is yet green. 



This was a seedling marked No. 154, which was sent to Mr. Manning, of Salem, 

 Mass., U.S.A., by Van Mons. 



NOTAIRE MINOT. Fruit, medium sized ; roundish obovate. Skin, 

 pale yellowish green, considerably covered with patches and large dots 

 of rough brown russet. Eye, open, set in a narrow and shallow basin. 

 Stalk, an inch long, stout, inserted by the side of a fleshy lip. Flesh, 

 yellowish, rather coarse-grained, but melting, and with a fine, brisk, 

 vinous, and sugary flavour. 



A very good pear ; ripe in January and February. 



NOUVEAU POITEAU (Tombe de V Amateur). Fruit, very large ; 

 obtuse obovate or pyramidal. Skin, greenish yellow or pale yellow, 

 mottled and streaked with pale brown russet. Eye, closed, placed in 

 a slight depression. Stalk, an inch to an inch and a quarter long, 

 obliquely inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, fine-grained, buttery, 

 melting, and very juicy, rich, sugary, and highly perfumed. 



A first-rate pear ; ripe during November, but keeps only a short 

 time. Mr. Blackmore finds it flat and of loose texture. 



A seedling of Van Mons, which first fruited in 1843, and was named in honour 

 of M. Poiteau of Paris, Director of the Royal Gardens, and who was an eminent 

 pomologist. 



