C42 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



St. Germain de Martin. See Summer St. Germain. 



ST. GERMAIN PANACHE. This is a bud sport from the St. 

 Germain, and differs from it in no other respect than in having the 

 fruit beautifully striped with bands of green and yellow. I received it 

 in 1845 from Messrs. Baumann, of Bolwyller. 



St. Germain Vert. See St. Germain. 



ST. GHISLAIN. Fruit, medium sized ; obtuse pyriform or turbi- 

 nate. Skin, smooth, clear yellow, with a slight greenish tinge, dotted 

 with green and grey dots, and with a blush of red next the sun. Eye, 

 open, with long flat segments, in a very shallow depression. Stalk, 

 from an inch to an inch and a half long, curved, and at its junction 

 with the fruit encircled with several fleshy rings. Flesh, white, very 

 juicy and melting, with a rich, sweet, and vinous flavour. 



An excellent dessert pear of first quality ; ripe in September. The 

 tree is very vigorous and hardy, and bears well as a standard. 



This excellent early pear was raised at St. Ghislain, near Jemappes, in Belgium, 

 and was first distributed by Dr. Van Mons. 



St. Jean. See Amire Joannet. 



St. Jean Musque. See Muscat Robert. 



St. Jean Musque Gros. See Muscat Robert. 



St. John's Pear. See Amire Joannet. 



St. Lambert. See Jargonelle. 



St. Laurent. See Bassin. 



ST. LEZIN. Fruit, very large ; pyriform. Skin, of a dull greenish 

 yellow colour, covered with flakes of russet. Eye, open, set in a deep 

 furrowed basin. Stalk, two inches long, not depressed. Flesh, firm, 

 crisp, juicy, and sweet. 



A stewing pear ; in use during September and October. 



St. Marc. See Belle de Thouars. 



St. Marc. See Urbaniste. 



St. Martial. See Angelique de Bordeaux. 



St. Martin. See Winter Bon Chretien. 



St. Michel. See White Doyenne. 



ST. MICHEL ARCHANGE. Fruit, above medium size ; obovate. 

 Skin, smooth and shining, of a golden yellow colour, speckled with 

 crimson on the shaded side, and with a bright crimson cheek on the 

 side next the sun. Eye, small and half open, with erect segments, 

 set in a narrow depression. Stalk, half an inch to an inch long, not 



