PEAES. 635 



QUEEN VICTORIA (Willison's Queen Victoria). Fruit, about 

 medium size, two inches and a half wide, and three inches long ; 

 obovate, even in its outline. Skin, greenish yellow when ripe, and 

 with a crust of cinnamon-coloured russet on the side next the sun. 

 Eye, with long spreading segments, set in a slight depression. Stalk, 

 an inch long, inserted without depression. Flesh, tender, juicy, sweet, 

 and with an almond flavour. 



An early pear ; ripe in the end of August and beginning of September. 



It was raised by Mr. W. Willison, a florist of Whitby, Yorkshire. 



DE QUENTIN. Fruit, small ; roundish oval, somewhat of the 

 shape of a swan's egg. Skin, smooth and rather shining, greenish 

 yellow in the shade, and with a brownish red tinge on the side next 

 the sun ; strewed all over with large green russet dots, and with a patch 

 of brown russet round the eye and the stalk. Flesh, yellowish, fine- 

 grained, tender, and melting, with a rich and rather honied flavour. 



A first-rate pear ; ripe in October. 



De Quessoy. See Besi de Caissoy. 



RAMEAU (Surpasse Heine). Fruit, large ; oblong-oval, and uneven 

 in its outline. Skin, lemon-yellow, mottled and dotted with russet. 

 Eye, open, slightly depressed. Stalk, about an inch long, not de- 

 pressed. Flesh, yellowish, half-melting, juicy, sweet, and perfumed. 



An inferior pear ; in use from January till March. 



Rateau. See De Livre. 

 Red Achan. See Achan. 



RED DOYENNE (Doyenne iVAutomne; Doyenne Crotte; Doyenne 

 Galleux; Doyenne Gris; Doyenne Jaune ; Doyenne Rouge; Doyenne 

 Roux ; Grey Doyenne ; Neiye Grise ; St. Michel Dore ; St. Michel 

 Gris). Fruit, medium sized; obovate, very much resembling in shape 

 the Doyenne Blanc. Skin, yellowish green, but entirely covered with 

 thin, smooth, cinnamon-coloured russet, so that none of the ground 

 colour is visible, and sometimes it has a tinge of brownish red next the 

 sun. Eye, small and closed, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, 

 three-quarters of an inch long, curved, and inserted in a narrow rather 

 deep cavity. Flesh, white, tender, melting, and buttery, of a refreshing, 

 rich, and delicious flavour. 



An excellent dessert pear ; ripe in the end of October, and keeps 

 much better than the Doyenne Blanc. The tree is not a very strong 

 grower, but healthy and a good bearer, either on the pear or quince 

 stock. It may be grown either against a wall or as a standard, but the 

 fruit is preferable from a wall. It will be found advantageous to gather 

 the fruit before it is ripe, as it will then keep much longer. Mr. Black- 

 more says it is small and inferior at Teddington 



This variety is supposed to have first emanated irom the garden of the Chartreux 

 at Paris, about the middle of the last century. 



