PEARS. 227 



and three quarters long, slender, but considerably thickened 

 next the fruit, where it is inserted in a small regular cavity. 

 Skin rough, of a pale green, but on the sunny side of a dull 

 red, covered all over with numerous gray russetty specks. 

 Flesh half buttery, and melting, with a very agreeable sugary 

 sub-acid juice. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the* Quince. 



32. ROUSSELET DE RHBiMs. Duhamel, No. 32. t. 11. 



Petit Rousselet. Jard. Fruit, t. 31. 



Fruit small, of a pyramidal figure", about the size and 

 shape of the Rousselet d'Hiver, but more tapering to the 

 stalk ; two inches and a quarter long, and one inch and 

 three quarters in diameter. Eye small, open, placed on a 

 flat, somewhat depressed apex. Stalk an inch long, thick, 

 inserted without any cavity. Skin greenish gray, becoming 

 yellow as it ripens, with numerous dark russetty specks, and 

 some dark colouring on the side exposed to the sun. Flesh 

 half buttery, and melting, with a very high flavoured musky 

 juice. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



This succeeds very well on both the Pear and the Quince. 



33. SABINE D'E'TE. Hort. Trans. Vol. 4. p. 275. 

 Fruit of a pyramidal form, broadest at the crown, and 



tapering to a round blunt point at the stalk. Eye small, not 

 deeply sunk. Stalk an inch long, inserted in a shallow ca- 

 vity. Skin perfectly smooth and even, of a yellow colour 

 on the shaded side, and of a fine scarlet, minutely dotted 

 when exposed to the sun. Flesh white, or nearly so, 'melt- 

 ing, juicy, and highly perfumed. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of August. 



Raised, in 1819, by M. Stoffels of Mechlin, and named 

 by him after Mr. Sabine, at that time Secretary to the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of London. 



34. SEIGNEUR D'E'TE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 276. 

 Fruit above the middle size, of a blunt oval figure. Skin 



of a fine orange, with bright scarlet on the sunny side, sprin- 

 kled with small brown spots, and partially marked with 

 larger ones of the same colour. Flesh melting, with an ex- 

 tremely small cone, and a rich high-flavoured juice. 

 Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 

 This very beautiful Pear has been known in Flanders 

 many years, fruit of which were sent to this country by M. 

 Stoffels of Mechlin, and exhibited at the Horticultural So- 

 ciety, in 1819. 



