SUMMER TEARS. 



335 



Fig. 134. Bartlett. 



to one and a half inches long, stout, inserted in a shallow, flat 

 cavity. Calyx open, set in a very shallow, obscurely plaited ba- 

 sin. Flesh white, and exceedingly fine-grained and buttery ; it is 

 full of juice, sweet, with a highly perfumed, vinous flavour. (In 

 damp or unfavourable soils, it is sometimes slightly acid.) 

 Ripens from the last of August to the middle and last of Sep- 

 tember. 



10. CRAWFORD. Thomp. Man. 



A Scotch fruit, of second quality ; the chief merit of which, 

 is its hardiness in a cold climate. 



