SUMMER FEARS. 347 



Fruit large, irregularly bell-shaped or pyriform, with swollen, 

 knobby sides. Skin yellow, with an orange-blush in finely 

 ripened specimens, dotted with many green specks. Stalk long, 

 irregular, curved, obliquely inserted in a knobby depression. 

 Calyx small, in a narrow, uneven, shallow basin. Flesh yel 

 lowish, coarse grained, very juicy, and of a pleasant, simply 

 sweet flavour. Very large blossoms and dangling leaves. 

 Last of August, or early in September. 



34. SUMMER ST. GERMAIN. Thomp. 



Short's Saint Germain. 

 Saint Germain de Martin. 

 St, Germain d'Ete. N. Duh. 



A pleasant, juicy, summer pear, of second rate flavour, bear- 

 ing large crops, and growing vigorously. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate. Skin pale green all over the 

 surface. Stalk an inch and a quarter long, obliquely inserted. 

 Calyx in a basin scarcely sunken. Flesh juicy, tender, sweet, 

 with a very slight acid, and very good. 



35. VALLEE FRANCHE. Thomp. Duh. 



DeVallee. Noi*. Poit. 

 Bonne de Keinzheim. 

 De Keinzheim. 



A second rate sweet, summer pear, productive, but by no 

 means, in our opinion, of first quality. It ripens with the Bart- 

 lett, and is immeasurably inferiour to it in this climate. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate, or turbinate, and tapering to 

 the stalk. Skin pale green, becoming pale yellowish-green, 

 regularly sprinkled with numerous small, gray dots. Stalk 

 about an inch long, set with little or no cavity. Calyx in a 

 shallow basin. Flesh white, not fine grained, quite juicy, but 

 not buttery, and of a simply sweet flavour. Last of August. 



36. WINDSOR. Lind. Thomp. 



Summer Bell. 



Cuisse Madame, of some. 



Konge. 



The Windsor is an old European pear, very commonly known 

 in some parts of this country, as the Summer Bell pear. Large 

 quantities are grown for market. It is, however, only a third 

 rate fruit. The tree is remarkable for its stout, perfectly up- 

 right dark-brown shoots. 



Fruit large, pyriform, or bell-shaped, widest above the middle, 

 narrowing to the eye, and slender in form, tapering into the stalk. 

 Skin yellowish-green, dotted with small green specks, and tinged 



