234 PEARS. 



to the fruit the appearance of having been pressed down. 

 It is a most excellent bearer upon an east or south-east wall, 

 and one of the very best Pears of its season. 



Its time of keeping in perfection may be considerably 

 lengthened, by gathering the crop at three different times ; 

 the first, a fortnight or more before it is ripe ; the second a 

 week or ten days afterwards ; and the third, when fully ripe : 

 this last gathering will be the first to be brought to table, 

 the middle gathering the next, and the first will be the last 

 in succession. 



By this mode of proceeding, this, as well as all the Au- 

 tumnal Pears, may be kept several weeks longer in per- 

 fection, especially after hot summers, than by the usual me- 

 thod of waiting till the crop is ripe, and then gathering the 

 whole at once. 



49. DOUBLE D'AUTOMNE. Hart. Soc. Cat. No. 227. 



Fruit middle-sized, in the form of -a Bergamot, hand- 

 somely round, without angles, and tapering towards the 

 stalk. Eye small, open, with very short segments of the ca- 

 lyx, sunk in a handsome, round, shallow basin. Stalk three 

 quarters of an inch long, inserted in a small oblique, slightly- 

 lipped cavity. Skin an entire cinnamon russet, through 

 which a little green appears, the whole covered with nume- 

 rous light gray specks. Flesh white, breaking, a little gritty, 

 btit mellow. Juice saccharine, very excellent, with a little 

 perfume. 



Ripe the end of October, and good all November. 

 A very handsome new Pear, and very excellent when in 

 perfection. 



50. ECHASSERY. Miller, No. 55. Duhameli No. 66. 

 t. 32. 



Bezy de Chassery. Ib. 



Bezy de Landry. Knoop. Pom. p. 134. 



Poire d'GEuf. Ib. 



Fruit middle-sized, of a roundish, turbinate figure, some- 

 thing like a Citron, or the Ambrette, but smaller next the 

 stalk, about two inches and a half long, and two inches in 

 diameter. Eye small, with an open flat calyx, placed in a 

 shallow plaited basin. Stalk one inch and a quarter losg, 

 straight, a little knobby, inserted in an irregularly-formed ca- 

 vity. Skin smooth, green, with a few gray specks, becoming 

 yellow as it ripens. Flesh melting and buttery, with a rich, 

 sugary, perfumed juice. 



