PEARS. 



one of the best very late pears, of which there are so few. Tbe tree 

 bears well, makes strong standards and handsome pyramids, either on 

 the pear or quince. Mr. R. D. Blackmore says of it, " Very good for 

 so late a kind. The best I have yet found when Josephine de Malines 

 is over." 



Raised by M. Boisbimel, of Rouen. It first fruiter! in 1864, and was na'ned in 

 honour of Olivier de Serres, author of "Le Theatre d'Agriculture et Mesnage des 

 C damps," published at Paris in 1600. 



ONONDAGA (Swan's Orange). Fruit, medium sized, three inches 

 long, and two and a half wide ; obovate, and even in its outline. Skin, 

 smooth and shining, lemon-yellow, covered with minute russet dots, 

 and with a patch of russet round the stalk. Eye, small and open, 

 without segments, set in a rather deep basin. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 thick and fleshy, obliquely inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, yellowish, 

 tender, buttery, and melting, rather richly flavoured. 



A good, but not a first-rate pear ; it ripens in October. 



An American pear, raised in 1806 by Mr. Henry Case, of Onondaga, N.Y. 



ORANGE BERGAMOT. Fruit, small ; roundish turbinate. Skin, 

 smooth, pale green, becoming yellowish green at maturity, with dull 

 red next the sun, strewed with whitish grey dots. Eye, open, and set 

 in a deep basin. Stalk, half an inch long, stout, inserted in a small 

 cavity. Flesh, white, half-melting, juicy, with a sweet and musky 

 flavour. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in August. The tree is hardy, and a great 

 bearer, succeeding either on the pear or the quince as a standard, and 

 particularly well on the latter. 



Orange Commune. See Orange Musquee. 

 Orange Grise. See Orange Musquee. 

 Orange Hative. See Bourdon Musquee. 

 Orange d'Hiver. See Winter Orange. 



ORANGE MANDARINE. Fruit, about medium size ; roundish. 

 Skin, golden yellow, thickly strewed with brown russet dots, and with 

 a warm glow on the side next the sun. Eye, small and closed, set in 

 a rather deep round basin. Stalk, more than an inch long, stout, 

 curved, and woody, inserted without depression. Flesh, yellowish, 

 very tender and melting, with a fine acidulous, rich, sugary flavour. 



A delicious pear ; ripe in October. 



This was raised by M. Andre Leroy, of Angers, and first fruited in 1863. 



Orange de Mars. See Winter Orange. 



ORANGE MUSQUEE (Orange Musquee d'Ete ; Orange Commune ; 

 Petite Orange; Orange Ronde ; Orange Grise]. Fruit, medium sized ; 

 round, and flattened at both ends. Skin, smooth, punctured like an 



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