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THE PEAR. 



Stalk about an 

 inch and a half 

 long, and set with- 

 out depression, but 

 with a peculiar 

 fleshy swelling at 

 its point of inser- 

 tion. Calyx ex- 

 tremely small, 

 sometimes abor- 

 tive, set in a nar- 

 row, rather deep 

 basin. The flesh 

 is white, buttery, 

 and melting, rich, 

 sweet, and per- 

 fumed. Novem- 

 ber. 



158. REINE CARO- 

 LINE. Thomp. 



Queen Caroline. 



A pretty look- 

 ing, European 

 pear, ripening late 

 Fig. 182. QuiOeteUe. in autumn, but 



coarse, and only fit for cooking. Fruit of medium size, nar- 

 row-pyriform. Skin smooth yellowish-green, becoming yellow 

 at maturity, with a rich, brownish-red cheek. Stalk an inch 

 long, curved, planted with little or no cavity. Flesh white, 

 crisp, rather dry and indifferent in quality. November and 

 will keep for several weeks. 



159. REINE DBS POIRES. Thomp. 



This French pear, with its fine name, unfortunately proves 

 very poor and worthless. It is regularly formed, and hand- 

 somequite distinct from the Cumberland, with which it is con- 

 sidered synonymous, by some. It bears abundantly. 



Fruit rather large, varying from turbinate to obtuse-pyriform, 

 regularly shaped. Skin smooth greenish-yellow, with rarely a 

 very little red on its cheek. Stalk an inch and a fourth long, 

 slender, inserted with little or no depression. Calyx set in a 

 shallow basin. Flesh dry and poor. September and October. 



