PEARS. 219 



Queen's Pear. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 14. 



Fruit below the middle size, turbinate, but rounded at the 

 stalk, about two inches deep, and one inch and three quar- 

 ters in diameter. Eye open, with a flat spreading calyx. 

 Stalk an inch long, bent, inserted without any cavity. Skin 

 smooth, yellowish green, with a few gray specks inter- 

 spersed. Flesh tender, between melting and breaking, with 

 a rich musky juice. 



Ripe the end of July and beginning of August. 



This grows strong on the pear, middling on the quince. 



9. ORANGE MusojafiE. Miller, No. 9. Duhamel, No. 

 25. t. 10. 



Fruit middle sized, round, shaped somewhat like an 

 orange, about two inches deep, and two inches and a quar- 

 ter in diameter. Eye very small, flat on the summit. Stalk 

 an inch long, obliquely inserted. Skin deeply reticulated 

 like the orange, of a green colour, changing to yellow as it 

 becomes ripe, and marbled with bright red on the sunny 

 side. Flesh rich, with an agreeable musky juice. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



This succeeds on both the quince and pear stock. 

 * 10. ROBINE, Duhamel, No. 56. t. 27. 



Royale d'E'te. 76. 



Fruit rather small, roundish turbinate, in the manner of 

 the Musk Robine, about one inch and three quarters deep, 

 and the same in diameter. Eye small, with a closed calyx, 

 placed in a somewhat shallow plaited basin. Stalk half an 

 inch long, thick, inserted without any cavity. Skin pale 

 greenish yellow, marbled with a deeper green, becoming 

 yellow as it ripens. Flesh white, half breaking, with a sac- 

 charine musky juice. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



This may be grafted on both the pear stock and quince ; 

 on the latter it grows stronger, and bears more abundantly. 



11. SALVIATI. Miller, No. 25. Duhamel, No. 21. t. 9. 

 Fruit middle sized, nearly globular, about two inches in 



diameter. Eye small, open, in a regular round shallow ba- 

 sin. Stalk one inch and a half long, slender, inserted in a 

 rather narrow shallow cavity. Skin of a yellow wax-like 

 colour, marbled with red on the sunny side. Flesh tender, 

 containing a rich sugary juice. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



This does not succeed well on the quince stock. 



12. SUMMER ARCHDUKE. Miller, No. 19. 



