AUTUMN PEARS. 



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and the grayish-olive shoots, like the fruit, have a peculiarly 

 speckled appearance. Every garden should have a specimen 

 of this fruit. It ripens gradually, and may be kept a good 

 while. 



Fruit of medium size, bergamot shaped, roundish, flattened 

 at the eye. Skin pale yellowish-green, thickly sprinkled with 

 conspicuous russet green dots. Stalk about an inch long, 

 green, slightly curved, and inserted in a slight, flattened hollow 

 Calyx small, open, set in a shallow, rather abruptly sunken 

 basin. Flesh white, very fine-grained, buttery, juicy, with a 

 sweet, delicate, perfu- 

 med flavour. October. 



78. BISHOP'S THUMB. 

 Thomp. Lind. 



A long, oddly-shaped, 

 English pear, but jui- 

 cy and excellent in fla- 

 vour, indeed usually 

 considered first rate. 

 The tree bears abun- 

 dant crops. Shoots 

 grayish-olive. 



Fruit rather large, 

 oblong and narrow, 

 and tapering irregu- 

 larly, usually a lit- 

 tle knobbed. Skin 

 dark yellowish-green, 

 dotted with russet, of- 

 ten nearly covered 

 with russet specks,and 

 having a russet red 

 cheek. Stalk one to 

 two inches long, slen- 

 der, crooked, and set 

 in a fleshy enlarge- 

 ment. Calyx with 

 spreading divisions, 

 and set in a flat 

 basin. Flesh juicy, 

 melting, with a good, 

 rich vinous flavor. 

 October. 



Fig. 158. Bishop's Thumb. 



