AUTUMN PEARS. 375 



91. CAPUCIN. Van Mons. 

 Capuchin. 



This promises to be a very good pear. It is one of Van 

 Mons' Seedlings. Young shoots stout, diverging, dark coloured. 



Fruit pretty large, oval, or sometimes obtuse-turbinate. Skin 

 green, becoming pale yellow, a little russeted towards the eye 

 and stalk, and distinctly dotted elsewhere, with also a red cheek. 

 Stalk nearly an inch long, placed in an obtuse hollow. Calyx 

 small, deeply sunk in a narrow, irregular basin. Flesh green- 

 ish, juicy, crisp, sugary and rich. October. 



92. CLARA. Van Mons. 

 Claire. Nois. 



Another seedling, raised by the Belgian pomologist. The 

 young shoots are stout, upright, dark brown. It is of medium 

 size, oval-pyriform. Skin clear yellow, dotted with red, 

 and having a blush on the sunny side. Stalk stout and straight. 

 Calyx small, set in a small, round basin. Flesh white, melting, 

 very juicy and sweet, relieved by a slight acid ; of good quality. 

 In cold seasons it is liable to be too acid. September and October. 



93. CUMBERLAND. Man. Ken. 



This is a native fruit, and the original tree is still growing m 

 Cumberland, Rhode Island. It is inferiour to the Gushing, and 

 though sometimes very handsome, and always productive, can 

 scarcely be ranked higher than a second rate fruit, and occa- 

 sionally it is quite indifferent. Branches rather slender. 



Fruit rather large, obovate. Skin orange yellow, with a little 

 russet, and a pale red cheek on the sunny side. Stalk about an 

 inch and a half long, stout, rather obliquely planted, in a very 

 slight depression. Calyx with expanded divisions, and placed 

 nearly even with the surface. Flesh white, melting, buttery, 

 and tolerably rich and juicy. September and October. 



94 CRASSANE. Thomp. Lind. 



Bergaraotte Crassane. 



Cresane. 



Beurre Plat. 



A celebrated, old French pear, which is said to take its name 

 from tcrast, flattened or crushed, from its depressed, Bergamot- 

 like shape. Its flavour is extolled by all the European writers, 

 but we have never been able to find it to equal its foreign cha- 

 racter here, and cannot recommend it. Young shoots stout, 

 diverging, grayish-olive. 



