SUMMER PEARS. 



341 



Fruit very small, turbinate. Skin yellow, with a dull red 

 cheek. Stalk half, to one and a half inches long, set almost 

 without depression. Calyx open, set nearly level. Flesh 

 breaking, sweet, with a slight musk flavour. Shoots dark brown. 



21. MUSCAT ROBERT. Thomp. O. Duh. Lind. 



Poire a la Heine. 



D'Ambre. 



St. Jean Musquee Gros. 



Musk Robine. Lind. 

 Early Queen. 

 Queen's Pear. 



A larger and better kind of Muscat, which might be esteemed 

 first rate, had we not the Bloodgood to compare it with. Shoots 

 yellowish-brown. Middle of July, and lasts only a few days. 



Fruit small, about an inch and a half in diameter, turbinate. 

 Skin clear greenish-yellow. Stalk nearly an inch long, set 

 with a little unevenness, but no depression. Calyx large, open, 

 scarcely sunk. Flesh white, tender, juicy and pleasant. 



22. MADELEINE, OR CITRON DBS CARMES. Lind. P. Mag. Thomp. 



Madeleine. Nois. 



Citron des Cannes. O. Duh. 



Magdelen. 



Green Chisel. > incorrectly, of some 



Early Chaumontelle. J American gardens. 



The Madeleine is one of 

 the most refreshing and ex- 

 cellent of the early pears ; 

 indeed, as yet, much the 

 best at the time of its ripen- 

 ing before the Bloodgood. 

 It takes its name from its be- 

 ing in perfection, in France, 

 at the feast of St. Madeleine. 

 Citron des Carmes comes 

 from its being first cultivated 

 by the Carmelite monks. It 

 is much the finest early 

 French variety, and deserves 

 a place in all collections. 

 The tree is fruitful and vig- 

 orous, with long erect olive- 

 coloured branches. 



Fruit of medium size, obo- 

 vate, but tapering gradually 

 to the stalk. Stalk long and 

 slender, often nearly two 

 inches, set on the side of a 

 small swelling. Skin smooth, 

 pale yellowish-green, (very 



Fig. 133. Madeleine. 



29" 



