PEARS. 641 



Sara. See Bergamotte de Hollande. 



ST. ANDRE. Fruit, medium sized ; oblong-obovate. Skin, greenish 

 yellow, strewed all over with russet and green dots. Eye, clove-like. 

 Stalk, an inch long, obliquely inserted. Flesh, yellowish white, very 

 tender, buttery, and melting, sweet, but with a thin watery juice. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in October. 



ST. DENIS. Fruit, small ; turbinate and uneven in its outline. 

 Skin, pale yellow, with a crimson cheek, and thickly dotted with 

 crimson dots. Eye, open, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, an inch 

 and a half long, not depressed. Flesh, half melting, very juicy and 

 sweet, with a fine aroma. 



A nice early pear ; ripe in August and September. 



ST. GERMAIN (Arteloire ; Inconnue la Fare; La/are; St. Ger- 

 main Gris; St. Germain d'Hiver; St. Germain Jaune; St. Germain 

 Vert). Fruit, large, three inches and a half long, and two and a half 

 wide ; oblong-obovate, rather irregular in its outline, caused by pro- 

 minent unequal ribs extending from the eye a considerable length of 

 the fruit. Skin, at first deep lively green, changing as it ripens to 

 pale greenish yellow, and thickly covered with small brownish grey 

 dots, and sometimes markings of russet. Eye, small and open, with 

 erect, broad, and rigid segments, set in a narrow, irregular, and rather 

 shallow depression. Stalk, an inch long, curved, and inserted obliquely 

 without depression, with a high shoulder at one side of it. Flesh, 

 white and gritty, but very juicy, half-buttery, and melting, and with a 

 sprightly, refreshing, sugary, and perfumed flavour. 



An old and highly- esteemed dessert pear ; in use from November to 

 January. The tree is healthy, and, though not large, is a good 

 grower, and hardy. It requires to be grown against a wall in this 

 country, and thrives best in a light, warm, sandy loam, when the fruit 

 is produced in the highest perfection ; but if grown in a cold moist 

 situation, it is gritty and worthless. 



This is an old and favourite French pear, and has been for so many years culti- 

 vated in this country as to be as familiarly known as any native variety. It was 

 discovered as a wilding growing on the banks of the river La Fare, near St. 

 Germain, but at what period I have not been able to ascertain. It seems to have 

 first become known about the same time as the Chaumontel, as it is mentioned by 

 Merlet in 1690, and not in the Jurdinier Franqais of 1653. At the time Merlet 

 described it he says, " Although it has been grafted with all possible care, its wood 

 still inclines to be thorny," a character which it would possess in its early youth, 

 but which it has now lost. 



St. Germain d'Ete. See Summer St. Germain. 

 St. Germain Gris. See St. Germain. 

 St. Germain d'Hiver. See St. Germain. 



St. Germain Jaune. See St. Germain. 



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