226 PEARS. 



Poire aux Mouches. Duhamel, No. 79. t. 41. 



Fruit pretty large, of an oval, turbinate figure, about three 

 inches long, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye 

 small, with a recurved calyx, seated in a pretty deep, plaited 

 basin. Stalk short, inserted in a narrow angular cavity. 

 Skin green on the shaded side, but of a brownish red, with 

 gray specks, where exposed to the sun. Flesh melting, 

 with an agreable juice. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



This succeeds equally on both the Pear and the Quince. 



29. PRINCE'S PEAR. Miller, No. 29. 

 Chair a Dame. Duhamel, No. 41. t. 16. 

 Cher Adame. Ib. 



Poire de Prince. Ib. 



Fruit above the middle size, somewhat round, but turbi- 

 nate, and bent at the neck, about two inches and a quarter 

 long, and two inches in diameter. Eye small, open, with an 

 acute calyx, in a shallow slightly angular basin. Stalk half 

 an inch long, strong, very obliquely inserted. Skin grayish 

 russet, turning yellow with gray specks as it becomes ripe, 

 and of a marbled red on the sunny side. Flesh rather crisp, 

 with an abundant sweet highly-flavoured juice. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



30. RED MUSCADEL. Miller, No. 4. 

 Bellissime d'E'te. Duhamel, No. 80. t. 42. 

 Supreme. Ib. 



Fruit middle-sized, turbinate, about three inches long, 

 and two inches and a half broad. Eye rather deeply sunk 

 in an obtuse-angled basin. Stalk an inch long, rather slen- 

 der, and somewhat obliquely inserted. Skin pale yellow, 

 slightly covered with thin russet, on the sunny side of an 

 orange or bright red. Flesh tender. Juice plentiful and 

 saccharine. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of August. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



The Red Muscadel generally produces a second crop of 

 fruit, which ripens about the middle or end of September, 

 but they are not so good as the former. It is a handsome 

 upright growing tree, and a very excellent bearer. 



31. Roi D'E'TE. Duhamel, No. 34. t. 12. 

 Gros Rousselet. 76. 



Fruit middle-sized, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, about 

 three inches long, and two inches and a quarter broad. Eye 

 small, open, placed on a nearly flat crown. Stalk one inch 



