236 PEARS. 



53. GREEN SYLVANGE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 430. 

 Sylvange Vert. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 585. 

 Bergamotte Sylvange. Jard. Fruit, t. 33. 



Fruit middle sized, in shape somewhat like a Berga- 

 mot. It is swoln in the middle, and irregular in its outline, 

 usually flattened towards the head ; rounded towards the 

 stalk, or terminated by a very blunt point. Eye small, and 

 lies in a slightly depressed hollow, the edge of which is stud- 

 ded with small knobs, Stalk short, slender, obliquely in- 

 serted under a slight lip. Skin rough, of a bright green on 

 the shaded side ; but where exposed to the sun of a deeper 

 green, sprinkled with gray spots, and marked with almost 

 black blotches. Flesh green near the skin, white in the 

 centre, fine, soft, and melting, with a saccharine juice of a 

 peculiarly agreeable flavour. 



Ripe in October, and will keep two months. 



This succeeds best on the Pear, not on the Quince. 



There are three sorts of Pears called Sylvanges ; the yel- 

 loiv, the long, and the green, which derive their name from a 

 hamlet, situated about two miles west of the road leading 

 from Metz to Thionville ; of these the green is the most 

 esteemed. All the Sylvanges are rather tender where they 

 are natives ; they will, of course, require a favourable as- 

 pect. 



54. GRAY DOYENN. Pom. Mag. t. 74. Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. i. p. 230. Duhamel, 84. t. 47. Jard. Fruit. Vol. 

 iii. p. 114. t. 41. 



Red Doyenne, "1 



Doyenne Gris, I of some Collections, according to 



Doyenne Roux, [ the Pom. J\Iag. 



Doyenne d'Automne, J 



Fruit not quite so large as that of the White Doyenne, 

 and more turbinate, about two inches and three quarters, or 

 three inches long, and nearly the same in diameter. Eye 

 very small, mostly closed, and placed in a shallow impres- 

 sion. Stalk half an inch long, stout, rather deeply inserted 

 in a narrow short-lipped cavity. Skin covered with a bright 

 cinnamon russet ; occasionally, in high ripened specimens, 

 red next the sun. Flesh yellowish white, rich, melting, and 

 sugary, of excellent flavour. 



Ripe the end of October, and will keep a few weeks. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



A very handsome and hardy fruit, highly deserving of cul- 

 tivation. 



