WINTER PEARS. 447 



and capital old French variety, and wnen in perfection, is 

 scarcely surpassed by any other juicy pear. Unfortunately, how- 

 ever, it is not a very hardy tree, and is therefore worth little, near 

 the sea-coast. In the interiour, and in the warm, rich soils of 

 the west, it is, on the contrary, highly deserving of general 

 cultivation. The tree is rather a slow grower, with a dense 

 head of foliage, the leaves narrow, folded, and curved ; the 

 wood slender, and light olive coloured. 



Fruit large, pyriform, tapering regularly from the crown to 

 the stalk. Skin yellowish-green, marked with brownish specks 

 on the sunny side, and tinged with a little brown when ripe. 

 Stalk an inch long, strong, planted obliquely by the side of a 

 small, fleshy swelling. Calyx open, set in a shallow basin. 

 Flesh white, a little gritty, but full of refreshing juice, melting, 

 sweet, and agreeable in flavour. November and December. 



The STRIPED GERMAIN, (St. Germain Panachte,) is a pretty 

 variety of this fruit, differing only in being externally striped 

 with yellow. 



227. ST. GERMAIN, PRINCE'S. Pom. Man. Thomp. 



Brown St. Germain. 

 New St. Germain. 



Prince's St. Germain 

 is a seedling from the 

 foregoing pear, raised 

 at Prince's nurseries, 

 at Flushing, about 

 forty years ago. It is 

 a most thrifty and har- 

 dy tree, with dark red- 

 dish brown shoots. 

 The fruit keeps as well 

 as a russet apple, is 

 uniformly good, and is 

 certainly one of the 

 best late pears when 

 under good cultivation. 

 It is much more es- 

 teemed in the eastern 

 states than the old St. 

 Germain. 



Fruit of medium 

 size, obovate, inclining 

 to oval. Skin nearly 

 covered with brownish 

 russet over a green 

 Fig. 207. Prince's St. Germain. ground, and becoming 



