352 THE PEAR. 



shallow basin. Flesh soft, buttery, moderately sweet, perfumed, 

 and good. Middle and last of September. 



44. ALTHORPE CRASSANE. Thomp. Lind 



This fine English pear is a seedling raised by the late T. A. 

 Knight, Esq., President of the London Horticultural Society. It 

 was sent by him to the Hon. John Lowell, of Boston, in 1832. It 

 is very highly rated in England, and is recommended as a very 

 hardy tree. The specimens as yet raised in this country have 

 proved of excellent quality, but not quite equal to its reputation. 



Fruit of 

 medium size, 

 roundish-obo- 

 vate, but nar- 

 rowing rather 

 more to the 

 eye than the 

 stalk. Skin 

 pale green, 

 dotted with 

 small russet- 

 ty points, and 

 having a lit- 

 tle tinge of 

 brown on one 

 side. Stalk 

 about an inch 

 and a half 

 long, slender, 

 curved, and 

 slightly in- 

 serted. Calyx 

 with many 

 divisions, set 

 in a shallow 

 basin, having 

 a few plaits. 

 Flesh white, 

 buttery, and 

 Fig. 147. Althorpe Crassane. quite juicy, 



with a rather rich, slightly perfumed juice. October and No- 

 vember. 



Either there is a spurious sort strongly resembling this, or 

 the Althorpe Crassane is somewhat variable in quality, as we 

 have seen specimens quite indifferent. 



