288 Pears. 



Fondante de Noel. (Belle Apres Noel.) Medium or rather small 

 obtuse-pyriform, pale greenish yellow, with a red cheek; stalk 

 long, stout, curved, oblique ; calyx closed ; basin broad, shallow, 

 irregular. Shoots greenish yellow, growth resembles Passe Col- 

 mar ; flesh whitish, melting, juicy, very good. A seedling of the 

 Passe Colmar, ripening earlier, and of similar flavor a fine late 

 autumn and early winter sort. Belgian. 



GLOUT MORCEAU.* (Gloux Morceaux, Beurre d'Hardenpont, Col- 

 mar d'Hiver, Hardenpont d'Hiver, Linden d'Automne.) Large, 

 short pyriform, approaching obtuse-oval, neck very short and 

 obtuse, body large, and tapering somewhat towards the crown ; 

 often considerably ribbed ; surface green, becoming pale greenish 

 yellow ; stalk an inch and a fourth long, stout, moderately sunk ; 

 calyx large, basin distinct, rather irregular ; flesh white, fine 

 grained, buttery, melting, rich, sweet, and of fine flavor. Early 

 winter. Succeeds best on the quince. Shoots spreading, green- 

 ish, leaves wavy or wrinkled. Variable, sometimes poor, best on 

 trees of several years' bearing ; excellent when fully grown and 

 well ripened. 



Inconnue Van Mons. Small, conic-pyriform (Madeleine-shaped), 

 approaching obovate ; skin rough, green, becoming yellowish, 

 sprinkled with russet ; stalk rather long, curved, slightly sunk ; 

 basin small ; flesh granular, juicy, melting, rich. Early winter. 

 Fig. 291. 



Jaminette. (Josephine.) Medium or rather large, obovate-pyriform, 

 approaching obovate, small specimens roundish-turbinate, vary- 

 ing ; crown broad ; skin yellowish green, with some brownish rus- 

 set ; dots numerous, often confluent ; stalk three-fourths to an 

 inch long, thick, cavity little or none ; calyx small, erect, stiff ; 

 basin round, even ; flesh juicy, melting, buttery, sweet, of good 

 flavor. Late autumn and early winter. Shoots somewhat reddish 

 green, ere<5t, diverging. Origin, Metz, in France. A very strong 

 grower on the quince. 



Las Canas. Size medium, regular pyriform, somewhat conic (Tyson- 

 shaped) ; neck tapering into the stalk ; skin yellow, sometimes 

 sprinkled with thin russet, rarely with russet blotches, dots small 

 and numerous ; stalk an inch long ; calyx slightly sunk ; flesh 

 juicy, often good. Fig. 280. 



LAWRENCE. Size medium, pyriform, approaching obovate, some- 

 what uneven ; lemon yellow with numerous small dots ; stalk an 

 inch long, set in a small basin, ribbed ; flesh whitish, buttery, 

 with a rich, aromatic, very good flavor. Dec. Growth moderate, 

 spreading. Shoots yellowish green. An early and good bearer, 

 and unexcelled as a valuable early winter sort. It ripens easily, 

 and is of uniform excellence. 



* Pronounced Gloo-morso'. 



