624 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Nouvelle Boussoch. See Doyenne Boussoch. 



NOUVELLE FULYIE. Fruit, medium sized ; pyriform. Skin, 

 green, changing to yellow, and thickly dotted all over with russet ; 

 when fully exposed, and in a warm climate, it has a red crimson 

 cheek, which is bright when the fruit is at maturity. Eye, half open, 

 with dry horny segments, rather deeply set. Stalk, about three- 

 quarters of an inch long, occasionally fleshy, and united to the fruit by 

 some fleshy folds. Flesh, fine-grained, melting, very juicy, with a rich 

 and exquisite flavour. 



A dessert pear of great excellence ; ripe from November till February. 

 Mr, Blackmore finds it not good at Teddington, and on the Weald of 

 Sussex Mr. Luckhurst says it comes large, and is very delicious. 



Raised by M. Gregoire, of Jodoigne, in Belgium, in 1854, and named by him 

 after one of the members of his family. 



Nutmeg. See Besi de Quessoy. 

 Oak-leaved Imperial. See Imperiale. 



(EUF. Fruit, small ; oval. Skin, smooth, greenish yellow, marked 

 with light red on the exposed side, and strewed with gre;y russety dots. 

 Eye, small and open, set in an uneven depression. Stalk, an inch 

 long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, whitish, tender and melting, 

 rich, sugary, and musky. 



A very good summer pear; ripe in August, and keeps for three 

 weeks without decaying, which is a recommendation at this season. 



Ognonet. See Summer Rose. 



Ognonet Musque. See Summer Archduke. 



Oken d'Hiver. See Winter Oken. 



OLDFIELD. Fruit, small, an inch and a half to an inch and three- 

 quarters in diameter ; round, even, and regularly formed. Skin, an 

 uniform greenish yellow when ripe, covered with minute dots, and with 

 a patch of russet round the stalk. Eye, open, with incurved segments, 

 set in a shallow depression surrounded with plaits. Stalk, an inch 

 long, slender, not depressed, but swelling gradually into the fruit. 

 Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, and very astringent. 



This is one of the most popular of the perry pears. 



OLIVIER DE SERRES. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and 

 three-quarters wide, and two and a half high ; round, flattened, or 

 Bergamot-shaped, sometimes irregular in its outline. Skin, entirely 

 covered with cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye, large and closed, set in 

 a pretty deep basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, very stout, 

 and thickest at the end. Flesh, half-buttery, sweet, with a brisk vinous 

 flavour and a strong musky aroma. 



A delicious pear; in use from February to March. It is, perhaps, 



