224 PEARS. 



Ripe the middle and end of July ; the first Pear which 

 ripens. 



It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



23. LONDON SUGAR. Nursery Catalogues. 



Fruit below the middle size, turbinate, and rather nar- 

 rowed at the crown, about two inches long, and one inch 

 and three quarters in diameter. Eye small, with a conni- 

 vent calyx, rather prominently placed, and surrounded by r 

 irregular, puckered, apparently blistered plaits. Stalk an 

 inch long, slender, inserted in a small oblique cavity. Skin 

 pale green, approaching to a pale lemon colour when fully 

 ripe, with a slight brownish tinge when fully exposed to the 

 sun. Flesh tender and melting. Juice saccharine, of a 

 rich musky flavour. 



Ripe the end of July and beginning of August. 



The branches of this tree are long, sleuder, a d for the 

 most part drooping, in the manner of the Jargonelle. It is 

 an excellent early fruit, and a hardy bearer, and may be 

 found in great plenty, in the Norwich markets, under this 

 name. It is very much like the Madeleine, figured in the 

 Pomological Magazine ; but its branches are pendulous, in 

 the Madeleine they are ascending. 



24. LONG STALKED BLANQUET. Pom Mag. t. ^1. 

 Blanquet a longue queue. Duhamel, No. 15. t. 6. f. B. 

 Fruit small, growing in clusters, inversely egg-shaped, 



about two inches long, and one inch and a half in diameter. 

 Eye crumpled, prominently seated on the summit. Stalk 

 one inch and a half long, slender, inserted without cavity. 

 Skin deep clear green. Flesh tender, crisp, juicy, sweet, 

 and excellent. 



Ripe near the end of July. 



This grows strong on the Pear, middling on the Quince. 

 A good early Pear, and a great bearer ; very sweet, crisp, 

 and juicy, and not rotting so soon as most of the Pears of 

 the same season. 



25. MADELEINE. Pom. Mag. t. 51. 

 Magdalene. Jard. Fruit. Vol. iii. t. 26. 



Citron des Cannes. Of the French, according to the 

 Pom. Mag. 



Fruit below the middle size, turbinate, with a thickening 

 on one side of the stalk, about two inches and three quarters 

 long, and two inches and one quarter in diameter. Eye 

 slightly hollowed. Stalk an inch long, slender, rather ob- 

 liquely inserted. Skin yellowish green, with a little light 



