450 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



covered with russet specks : Stern^ loiig) about one inch in 

 length, slender, curved, and obliquely inserted, without any 

 cavity, in one side of a swollen lip : Eye^ small, open, and 

 set nearly even with the surface of the crown ; segments of 

 the calyx short, connected, reflexed : Fleshy yellowish white, 

 fine, melting and juicy : Flavor, rich, slightly perfumed, 

 and excellent : Core, small : Seeds, medium size. Ripe 

 in October. 



120. Julienne. Coxe's Vieto, &c. 



Summer St. Michael, of some collections. 

 Duquesne d'Ete ? Hort. Soc. Cat., 1842. 



The Julienne pear {fig. 41) was first described by Coxe, 

 about thirty years ago ; but whether a new or an old pear at 



Fig. 41. Julienne Pear. 



that lime, he does not state ; he intimates that it might be a 

 synonyme of the Arch Duke d'Ete. Up to the present period. 



