AUTUMN PEARS. 383 



107. D'AMOUR. 



Ah ! Mon Dieu. O. Duh. Und. 

 Mon Dieu. 

 D'Abondance. 

 Poire d' Amour. 



This little French pear, once considerably esteemed, is now 

 little cultivated. We have sometimes tasted it of very rich fla- 

 vour. It is a very fruitful tree. 



Fruit small, obovate, inclining to turbinate, the end tapering 

 and swelling regularly into the stalk. Skin pale yellow, but 

 nearly covered with red, which is sprinkled with numerous 

 darker dots next the sun. Stalk an inch long, curved, set in a 

 swollen base. Calyx small, nearly level, the shallow basin 

 having a few plaits. Flesh white, very juicy, tender and melt- 

 ing, with a sweet, rich flavour. 



108. DE LOUVAIN. Van Mons. 



Poire de Lourain. Nois. Lind. 



A pear of the finest quality, raised by Van Mons in 1827, 

 while his " Nursery of Fidelity" was at Louvain. 



Fruit of medium 

 size, obovate, inclining 

 to pyriform, and taper- 

 ing to the stalk. Skin 

 rather uneven, clear 

 light yellow, a little 

 marked with russet, 

 and dotted with brown 

 points, which take a 

 ruddy tinge next the 

 sun. Stalk about an 

 inch long, stout, insert- 

 ed obliquely without 

 depression, or by the 

 side of a fleshy lip. 

 i Calyx placed in a 

 I very narrow, shallow 

 basin. Flesh white, 

 buttery and melting, 

 with a rich, perfumed, 

 and delicious flavour. 

 Ripens the last of Sep- 

 tember, and keeps till 

 Fig. 165. De Lowain November. 



