448 Descriptions of Select Vai^ieties of Pears. 



nearly straight, swollen and fleshy at the base, and obliquely 

 inserted in a very shallow cavity : Eye^ medium size, open, 

 and little depressed in an abruptly sunk and round basin; 

 segments of the calyx, short : Flesh, yellowish, fine, melting, 

 buttery and juicy : Flavor, rich, saccharine, and delicious, 

 with a delicious aroma : Core, medium size : Seeds, large, 

 plump, brown. Ripe in December and January. 



119. Long Green of Autumn. 



Verte Longue d'Automne. 



The Long Green of Autumn, {Jiff. 40) is one of the few 

 pears which have not yet been extricated from the confusion 

 of nomenclature. We do not find it distinctly described in 

 any pomological work which we have consulted; but in al- 

 most every instance it has been confounded with the old 

 Verte Longue, or Long Green. 



Our first acquaintance with it was some time ago, in the col- 

 lection of Mr. R. Manning; subsequendy we received it from 

 France, and afterwards we had it from several collections. 

 Last year we received it again from France, as the Long 

 Green, and now have specimens from these trees before us. 

 It is quite distinct from the latter pear, being smaller, more 

 oval, with a long stem, and always more or less tinged with 

 dull red or brown on the sunny side. 



Mr. Prince, in the Po?nological Ma7iual, evidently enu- 

 merates it as a synonyme of the Verte Longue, under the 

 names of Autumn Mouthwater and Verte Longue d'Automne. 

 The Catalogue of the London Hort. Soc. does not enumer- 

 ate it ; and neither Mr. Kenrick or Mr. Downing give any 

 account of it. The similarity of name has, undoubtedly, been 

 the cause of this omission, and writers, who have not been 

 well acquainted with the fruit, have supposed that the addi- 

 tion of the word "autumn" to the name of Verte liOngue, was 

 only of local application, and did not imply a distinct fruit. 



The variety is evidently one which is considerably culti- 

 vated in foreign collections, as we know of trees which have 

 been received from various sources in France and Belgium. 

 It is but little later than the Verte Longue, and it is to be re- 

 gretted that some name less likely to lead to confusion, was 



