WINTER PEARS. 435 



Fruit medium or large, obtuse-pyriform. Skin smooth, pale 

 greenish-yellow, becoming light yellow at maturity, dotted with 

 a few light gray specks. Stalk an inch or an inch and a half long, 

 tolerably stout, bent, and planted in a cavity often one-sided and 

 uneven. Calyx rather small, set in a wide deep basin. Flesh 

 melting, half buttery, juicy, sweet, rich and excellent. De- 

 cember. 



206. ECHASSERY. O. Duh. Lind. Nois. 



Echasserie. Thomp. Bezi de Chasserie. 



Bezi d'Echassey Jagdbirne. 



A rich, melting, French pear, which has been a good while 

 in cultivation, but still holds its place as a first rate fruit. It is 

 but little known in this country. The wood is rather weak, with 

 crooked joints. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval. Skin smooth, pale 

 green, yellowish at maturity, slightly dotted with gray. Stalk 

 an inch and a half long, straight, somewhat uneven, planted in 

 a narrow, irregular depression. Calyx open, with flat divisions, 

 placed almost level. Flesh melting, buttery, with a sweet, 

 perfumed and sugary flavour. 



207. EMERALD. Thomp. 



A Belgian variety, recently introduced. It resembles very 

 considerably in appearance the Glout Morceau, and is likely to 

 prove a fine variety in the middle states. New-England may 

 be too cold for it. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate, rather square in figure, one- 

 sided, and somewhat knobby. Skin green, dotted with brown, 

 and having a pale brown cheek. Stalk an inch and a half 

 long, planted obliquely in a slight cavity. Calyx with short, 

 stiff divisions, and set in a rather narrow, plaited, irregular 

 basin. Core large. Flesh melting, buttery, sweet and excel- 

 lent. December. 



208. FDNDANTE DTJ Bois. Thomp. 



This pear has not yet been proved in this country, the trees 

 first received under this name having proved to be the Flemish 

 Beauty. Mr. Thompson says it " resembles the Passe Colmar, 

 is almost equal to it in quality, and keeps longer." 



" Fruit of medium size, obovate ; skin greenish-yellow; flesh 

 juicy, melting; of first quality. Ripens from December to 

 February." 



