AUTUMN PEAHS. 



389 



Fruit of rather large size, oblong-obovate. Skin nearly 

 covered with brown, and tinged with red next the sun. Flesh 

 buttery, melting, and agreeable. November. 



122. FORELLE. Thomp. P. Mag. Lind. 



Forellen-birne. 

 Poire Truite. 

 Trout pear. 



This exquisite, 

 ly beautiful Ger- 

 man pear called 

 in that language 

 Forellen-birne 

 i. e. trout pear, 

 from its finely 

 speckled appear- 

 ance, is one of 

 the most at- 

 tractive dessert 

 fruits. It re- 

 quires a warm 

 soil and expo- 

 sure, and well 

 deserves to be 

 trained as an es- 

 palier. It does 

 not appear to 

 have succeeded 

 well near Boston, 

 but it fully sus- 

 tains its high 

 foreign character 

 with us. Young 

 shoots long, with 

 few, and dark co- 

 Fig. 169. ForeUe. loured branches. 



Fruit oblong-obovate, inclining to pyriform. Skin smooth, 

 at first green, but, when fully ripe, lemon yellow, washed with 

 rich deep red on the sunny side, where it is marked with large, 

 margined, crimson specks. Stalk about an inch long, rather 

 slender, slightly curved, rather obliquely planted, in a shallow, 

 uneven cavity. Calyx rather small, basin abruptly sunk. Flesh 

 white, fine grained, buttery, melting, with rich, slightly vinous 

 juice. Beginning of November, and may be kept, with care, 

 till Christmas. 



