PEARS. 647 



parent ; pale yellow, almost white, or of a pearl colour, from which the 

 name of a la Perle is derived. Eye, large for the size of the fruit, 

 open and not depressed. Stalk, about half an inch long, inserted by 

 the side of a fleshy lip. Flesh, white, crisp and juicy, with a sweet 

 musky flavour. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in August. The tree is not vigorous, but 

 hardy and a good bearer ; succeeds well as a standard either on the 

 pear or quince. 



Knoop gives Petit Blanquet as a synonyme of his Vroege Suckery, but it is not 

 the Petit Blanquet of Duhamel. 



Small Winter Beurre. See Besi de Quessoy. 

 Snow. See White Doyenne. 

 Soldat Esperen. See Soldat Labourcur. 

 Soldat Laboureur. See Beurre cTAremberg. 



SOLDAT LABOUREUR (Soldat Esperen). Fruit, large, three 

 inches and three-quarters long, and three inches wide ; oblong-obovate, 

 narrowing from the bulge both towards the eye and the stalk. Skin, 

 pale lemon-yellow, marked here and there with tracings of russet, 

 and completely covered with minute russet dots. Eye, large, slightly 

 closed, with long acuminate segments, and placed in a shallow de- 

 pression. Stalk, an inch long, inserted by the side of a fleshy swelling 

 in a narrow cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, buttery, melting, and 

 very juicy, rich and sugary, having somewhat of the flavour of the 

 Autumn Bergamot. 



A very excellent pear ; ripe in November. Mr. Blackmore says 

 that at Teddington it is not large, and not very good. 



SOPHIE DE L'UKRANIE. Fruit, rather large; obovate, even and 

 regular, in shape somewhat resembling White Doyenne. Skin, pale 

 yellow, covered with minute dots on the shaded side, and with a tinge 

 of warm orange next the sun. Eye, open, set in a deep basin. Stalk, 

 an inch long, woody, obliquely inserted. Flesh, neither melting nor 

 juicy, only sweet. 



An inferior pear, which blets in November. 



Soppige Groentje. See Bergamotte d'Automne. 



SOUVENIR DU CONGRES. Fruit, large, three inches and a 

 half long, and two inches and three-quarters wide, and often much 

 larger ; oblong-obovate, uneven and undulating in its outline. Skin, 

 considerably covered with smooth cinnamon-coloured russet, with here 

 and there patches of the yellow ground colour exposed ; on the side 

 next the sun there are streaks of bright crimson and a warm glow of 

 russet. Eye, large and open, deeply set. Stalk, an inch or more 

 long, very stout, inserted either in a pretty deep cavity or on the end 



