PEARS. G43 



depressed. Flesh, yellowish white, tender, melting, and juicy, with a 

 sugary juice and a very agreeable perfume. 



A very excellent and beautiful pear, covered with crimson dots like 

 Forelle ; ripe in the end of September. 



This a very old pear, having originated some time in the last century in the 

 neighbourhood of Nantes ; but it is only of late years that it has been introduced 

 to this country. 



St. Michel Dore. See lied Doyenne. 



St. Michel Gris. See Red Doyenne. 



St. Michel d'Hiver. See Doyenne d'Alengon. 



St. Nicholas. See Duchcsse d' Orleans. 



St. Samson. See Jargonelle. 



ST. SWITHIN. Fruit, below medium size ; obovate or pyriform. 

 Skin, smooth, grass-green, thickly dotted and mottled with russet, and 

 sometimes with a faint brown blush on the side next the sun. Eye, small 

 and closed, with incurved toothlike segments, set even with the surface. 

 Stalk, from half an inch to an inch long, inserted obliquely without 

 depression. Fruit, yellowish white, with a greenish tinge, tender, 

 juicy, and sweet, with a brisk flavour. 



An early pear, raised by Mr. Rivers from Calebasse Tougard ; ripe 

 in the end of July and beginning of August. Mr. Blackmore has not 

 found it of good quality at Teddington. 



SALVIATI. Fruit, medium sized ; roundish. Skin, smooth, deep, 

 waxen yellow, mottled with russety spots, and a tinge of red next the 

 sun. Eye, small and open, set in a slight depression. Stalk, an 

 inch and a half long, slender, and inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, 

 tender, sweet, and highly perfumed. 



A dessert pear, which is also used in France to make ratafia ; ripe 

 in August and September. The tree is healthy, a vigorous but slender 

 grower ; bears well as a standard, but does not succeed on the quince. 



SANGUINOLE (Sanyuinole de Royder, Musquee, ou Africaine ; 

 Sany Rouge; Grenade; Sanyuinole Rouge ; Sanguinole d'Ete). Fruit,, 

 medium sized ; turbinate. Skin, smooth, green at first, but changing 

 to yellowish green, and dotted with grey dots on the shaded side, and 

 pale brownish red next the sun. Eye, very large, set in a rather deep- 

 basin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, red,, 

 crisp, juicy, with a sweet and rather insipid flavour. 



A dessert pear, remarkable only for the colour of its flesh ; ripe in 

 August and September. The tree bears well as a standard, is healthy 

 and vigorous, and succeeds either on the pear or quince. 



It is a very old pear, and has been known for some centuries. The earliest notice 

 of it in this country is by Rea, unless the " Blood Red Pear" of Parkinson be the 

 same. 



