350 



THE PEAR. 



ever resembling that of the pine-apple, as its name would lead 

 one to suppose. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish-obovate. Skin greenish-yel- 

 low, slightly marked with russet, and occasionally with red on 

 the sunny side. Stalk rather stout, thicker at the point of inser- 

 tion. Calyx closed, and set in a shallow basin. Flesh white, 

 melting, very juicy, with a rich and perfumed flavour. Ripens 

 the last of September and beginning of October. Young wood 

 olive. 



41. ANANAS D'ETE. Thomp. 

 Ananas, (of Manning.) 



This fruit was 

 first received from 

 the London Horti- 

 cultural Society, by 

 Mr. Manning. It 

 is a very excellent 

 pear, with a rich 

 and somewhat pe- 

 culiar flavour, but 

 should rather be 

 called an autumn 

 pine-apple, than a 

 summer one. 



Fruit rather 

 large, pyriform, or 

 occasionally ob- 

 tuse at the stalk. 

 Skin rough and 

 coarse, dark yel- 

 lowish-green, with 

 a little brown on 

 one side, and much 

 covered with large 

 rough, brown rus- 

 set dots. Stalk an 

 inch and a quarter 

 long,inserted some- 

 times in a blunt 

 cavity, sometimes 

 without depression, 

 by the side of a lip. 



Fig. 145. Ananas WEtt. Calyx open, with 



short divisions, basin shallow. Flesh fine grained, buttery and 

 melting, with a sweet, perfumed and hi$h flavour. September 

 and October. 



