448 THE PEAR. 



dull red next the sun. Stalk an inch or more long, a little 

 curved, and placed in a slight, flattened depression. Calyx large, 

 open, firm, and nearly without divisions, set in a smooth, nearly 

 flat basin. Flesh yellowish-white, juicy, melting, with a sweet, 

 somewhat vinous and very agreeable flavour. November to 

 March. 



228. SAINT GERMAIN, BRANDE'S. 



This is a new variety, received, we believe, from England. 

 It has fruited in Salem, Mass., and proves of the first quality. 



Fruit of medium size, oval, narrowing towards both ends. 

 Skin yellowish-green. Stalk short, three-fourths of an inch 

 long, thick, set obliquely on one side of the end of the fruit. 

 Calyx small, stiff, placed on the narrow crown, mostly without a 

 basin. Flesh melting, juicy, with a rich and excellent flavour. 

 November and December. 



229. ST. GERMAIN, UVEDALE'S. Mill. Lind. Thomp. 



UvedaPs Warden. De Tonneau. ) of the 



Germain Baker. Belle de Jersev. { French 



Lent St. Germain. Piper. 



Pickering Pear. Union. 



Chambers' Large. 



Uvedale's St. Germain is a very large winter pear, only fit 

 for cooking, for which it is very good. It is an English variety, 

 which has been 100 years in cultivation, and frequently grown 

 to the size of three pounds in that country. In this country it is 

 not so much planted as others, being less hardy. It is very dis- 

 tinct from the pound pear. 



Fruit very large, oblong-pyriform, obtuse at the end, and taper- 

 ing to the eye. Skin yellowish-green at maturity, with a brown 

 cheek. Stalk an inch long, bent and planted in a rather deep, 

 oblique, angular cavity. Calyx large, set in a deep hollow. 

 Flesh white, hard and astringent, but bakes and stews well. In 

 use from January to April. 



230. VICAR OF WINKFIELD. Thomp. 



Le Cure". ) of the 



Monsieur le Cure. $ French. 



Dumas. 



Bourgermester, incorrectly of Boston. 



Clion. Kenrick. 



This large and productive pear was discovered not long since, 

 as a natural seedling in the woods of Clion, France, by a French 

 curate, whence it obtained in France, the familiar names of Le 

 Curt, or Monsieur le Curt. A short time after it became known 



