Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 339 



and very obtuse at the stem : >S'A*m, fair, smooth, pale green, 

 becoming lemon yellow when mature, marbled with dull red 

 on the sunny side, and very regularly and thickly covered 

 with small green dots and russety specks : Stem^ medium 

 length, about one inch, moderately stout, rough, dark brown, 

 fleshy and swollen at the base, and inserted without any cav- 

 ity : Eye, rather large, open, and slightly sunk in a broad, 

 shallow, smooth basin ; segments of the calyx broad, long, 

 pointed, and quite reflexed : Flesh, yellowish, fine, melting, 

 and very juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, vinous and excellent, 

 with a fine musky perfume : Core, medium size : Seeds, me- 

 dium size, plump, brown. Ripe in November, and is in eat- 

 ing three or four weeks. 



74. FoRELLE. Hort. Trans., Vol. V. pi. 17. 



Poire Truite, ) ^^^^ g^ ^^^^ 3^ ^^ ^g^^ 



Forellenbirne, ) 



Trout Pear, of some gardens. 



The Forelle is, without doubt, the most beautiful pear 

 which has ever been produced, and would deserve cultivation 

 for its appearance only, if it were even a second rate pear. 

 But it stands almost as high for its excellence as for its beauty. 

 Dr. Diel, in his Pomology, speaks of the Forelle as compet- 

 ing with the best French varieties, and Mr. Thompson states 

 that it " merits his eulogium in all respects." 



The Forelle {fig. 27), takes its name from the resemblance 

 of its beautifully speckled skin to the Trout, and, in the French 

 collections, it is generally called the Truite pear. When the 

 fruit is produced in perfection, it is deeply colored with ver- 

 milion, and profusely covered with grayish russet dots, which 

 are margined or rayed with crimson. The tree grows very 

 rapidly, more resembling, in the color of the wood, which is 

 of a rich violet red speckled with grayish white, an apple than 

 a pear: young shoots woolly : leaves, roundish ovate. It is 

 very productive, and grows either upon the quince or pear 

 stock. 



Mr. Manning, who described it among the many kinds 

 which he proved in his collection, (Vol. III. p. 49), stated that 

 with him it had not come up to the character given it in the 



