PEARS. 653 



SURPASSE MEURIS. Fruit, above medium size ; obovate. Skin, 

 smooth, lively green, changing as it ripens to yellowish green, and 

 marked with a delicate tinge and a few faint stripes of red next the 

 sun, and strewed with numerous brown dots. Eye, open, with short, 

 rigid segments, set in a shallow, irregular basin. Stalk, an inch and 

 a half long, inserted without depression, and frequently obliquely set. 

 Flesh, white, very juicy, and with a rich, sugary, vinous, and sprightly 

 flavour, similar to the Crasannes. 



An excellent dessert pear ; ripe in October. The tree is hardy, 

 vigorous, a good bearer, and succeeds well as a standard. One of 

 Van Mons' seedlings. 



Surpasse Reine. See Rameau. 



SURPASSE VIRGOULIEU. Fruit, large ; oblong, even and hand- 

 some. Skin, smooth, lemon-yellow, thinly dotted and spotted with 

 cinnamon russet. Eye, open, with long stiff segments. Stalk, short 

 and thick, obliquely inserted. Flesh, white, very tender, buttery and 

 melting, rich and sugary. 



A delicious pear ; ripe in October. 



SUSETTE DE BAV AY. Fruit, medium sized ; turbinate. Skin, 

 yellow, covered with numerous large russet dots and traces of russet. 

 Eye, open, placed in a shallow undulating basin. Stalk, an inch long, 

 inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, melting, juicy, sugary, and vinous, 

 with a pleasant perfume. 



Ripe in January and February, and valuable for its lateness. 



Raised by Major Esperen, of Malines, and named in compliment to Madame de 

 Bavay, wife of M. de Bavay, nurseryman at Vilvorde, near Brussels. 



SWAN'S EGG. Fruit, medium sized ; roundish ovate. Skin, 

 smooth, yellowish green on the shaded side, and clear brownish red 

 next the sun, and covered with pale brown russet. Eye, small, 

 partially closed, slightly depressed. Stalk, an inch and a half long, 

 inserted without depression. Flesh, tender, very juicy, with a sweet 

 and piquant flavour and musky aroma. 



A fine old variety ; ripe in October. The tree is very hardy, and 

 an excellent bearer. 



Swan's Orange. See Onondaga. 

 Sweet Summer. See Jargonelle. 

 Swiss Bergamotte. See Bergamotte Suisse. 



SYLVANGE (Sylvange; Bergamotte Sylvange; Green Sylvange; 

 Sylcange Vert). Fruit, medium sized ; turbinate. Skin, bright green on 

 the shaded side, darker where exposed to the sun, and thickly covered 

 with dark grey russety dots and several patches of dark russet. Eye, 

 small, set in a shallow, uneven basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an 



