64 BOOK OF FRUITS. 



PEARS. 



No. 1. Amire Joannet. 



This fruit is small, form oblong ; the skin, 

 when ripe, is light yellow, with a small portion 

 of red ; the flesh white, and when not overripe, 

 juicy and good. It ripens in July, about ten 

 days before the Petit Muscat, to which it is 

 superior in size and flavor. The head of the 

 tree is open, with a few long and hanging 

 branches. 



No. 2. Petit Muscat. 



This pear ripens immediately after the a- 

 bove ; the size is small ; the form round, a 

 little oblong ; the skin mostly of a clear yel- 

 low, with a little dull red ; the flesh pleasant 

 and musky, without being high flavoured. 

 The tree grows to a large size, with long and 

 hanging limbs, producing its fruit in clusters 

 and most abundantly. 



No. 3. Madeleine. 



This is the first good pear, which ripens; imme- 

 diately following the Petit Muscat ; the size is 



