WINTER PEARS. 



441 



Fruit large, obovate, but swollen at the crown, and narrow- 

 ing a good deal at the stalk. Skin yellow, smooth, a little glossy, 

 with russetty spots at either end, and some large dots. Calyx 

 large, with long, straight, narrow divisions, and placed in a 

 slight basin. Stalk an inch and a half long, pretty stout, swol- 

 len at its point of insertion. Flesh white, juicy, crisp, and 

 rather firm, with a tolerably pleasant flavour. December to 

 April. 



217. LOUISE BONNE. O. Duh. Lind. Thomp. 



Louise Bonne R6al. 

 St. Germain blanc. 



An old French, winter pear, which bears regularly with us, 

 but is so inferiour to many more newly originated, that we do 

 not think it worthy of cultivation. 



Fruit large, pyriform, a little rounded towards the stalk. 

 Skin smooth, pale green. Stalk short, seldom an inch long, 

 straight, a little swollen where it is set on the fruit. Calyx 



small, open, very 

 slightly sunk. Flesh 

 white, rather coarse 

 grained, melting, 

 sweet, and pretty 

 good. December. 



218. LEWIS. Man. 

 Ken. Thomp. 



This is an excellent 

 winter pear, which 

 originated some thirty 

 years ago, on the farm 

 of Mr. John Lewis, 

 of Roxbury, and was 

 first described and 

 brought into notice 

 by that veteran and 

 zealous amateur of 

 fruits, Samuel Down- 

 er, Esq., of Dorches- 

 ter, near Boston. It 

 is a very profitable 

 market fruit, bearing 

 enormous crops ; in- 

 deed, this is the chief 

 fault of the tree, and 

 the soil should there- 

 Fig. 204. Lewis. fore be keot rich, or 



