AUTUMN PEARS. 225 



ing, very buttery, with a rich, high, and excellent flavor. 

 Eipens ahout mid-autumn. Shoots yellowish, at first up- 

 right, afterwards becoming straggling, growth vigorous. 

 This pear resembles the Beurre Bosc, but is less smooth, 

 more irregular in form, has a less narrow neck, is more 

 melting and sprightly, and of more vigorous growth. 167. 



Plumbgastel. Large, pyriform, slightly obconic, crown 

 obtuse ; surface smooth, greenish yellow, crown russeted 

 with a distinct boundary ; stalk an inch long, stout, not 

 sunk ; basin moderate, narrow ; flesh rather coarse, half- 

 melting, juicy, rich, with a good second-rate flavor, about 

 equal in richness to the Bartlett. Middle and late au- 

 tumn. French. New. 



Queen of the Loiv Countries. Large pyriform, neck narrow, 

 body broad or slightly oblate ; surface slightly uneven, 

 dull greenish yellow, crown russeted, with numerous, often 

 confluent russet dots, and a slight blush ; stalk an inch 

 and a half long, curved, not sunk; calyx small, rather 

 deep-set, basin riobed ; buttery, melting, juicy, moderate- 

 ly rich, sub-acid, with a second-rate, Brown Beurre fla- 

 vor. Mid-autumn. Belgian. 



Reine des Poires. Rather large, obtuse-pyriform, varying 

 to turbinate, regular ; greenish-yellow ; stalk an inch and 

 one-fourth long, slender ; basin shallow ; flesh dry, flavor 

 poor. Mid-autumn. 



Summer Bonchretien. (<%??. Bon Chretien d'Et, Summer 

 Good Christian, Gratioli d'Et, September.) Large, py- 

 riform, somewhat obtusely and irregularly ribbed ; skin 

 yellow, with a rich orange red cheek to the sun ; stalk 

 two inches long curved, sunk or not ; calyx small, in an 

 uneven basin ; flesh granular, breaking, juicy, very sweet, 

 pleasant. Fine for baking. Liable to crack and mil- 

 dew in many localities ; when fair and well grown it is 

 of fine quality. Ripens early in autumn. Growth strag- 

 gling, shoots stout, horny, buds projecting, hard; leaves 

 roundish, flat. 



Triomphe de Jodigne. Quite large, pyriform ; stalk short, 

 thick ; calyx sunk ; skin deep yellow, slightly green in 



