PEARS. 237 



55. JALOUSIE. Duhamel, No. 86. t. 47. f. 3. 



Fruit pretty large, of a roundish turbinate figure, pinched 

 in a little towards the stalk, about three inches long, and 

 nearly the same in diameter. Eye small, rather deeply sunk, 

 in a wide well formed hollow. Stalk an inch long, curved, 

 and inserted in a small round cavity. Skin of a thin rus- 

 setty or chestnut colour on the shaded side; but of a dull 

 red where exposed to the sun. Flesh soft and buttery, with 

 a saccharine juice, and of an excellent flavour. 



Ripe the end of October and beginning of November. 



This languishes and perishes in a few years on the Quince. 



56. LANSAC. Miller, No. 47. Duhamel, No. 109. 

 t. 57. 



Dauphine. Ib. 



Satin. Ib. 



Fruit below the middle size, nearly globular, about two 

 inches deep, and the same in diameter. Eye small, with a 

 recurved calyx, placed on the convex part of the apex. Stalk 

 three quarters of an inch long, straight, with a strong curb or 

 embossment next its insertion in the fruit. Skin smooth, of 

 a yellowish green colour. Flesh yellowish, melting, with a 

 sugary, slightly perfumed juice. 



Ripe in November, and will keep till Christmas. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



57. MOOR-FOWL EGG. Horl. Soc. Cat. No. 416. 

 Fruit rather small, of a globular-ovate figure, abruptly 



tapering from the middle, both to the crown and the stalk, 

 about two inches and three quarters deep, and the same in 

 diameter. Eye small, open, with a short, slender, strigose 

 calyx, placed in a rather narrow and shallow basin. Stalk 

 one inch and a half long, slightly inserted by the side of a 

 small elongated lip. Skin pale yellow, mixed with green, 

 and tinged on the sunny side with a lively orange brown, in- 

 terspersed with numerous minute russetty spots. Flesh yel- 

 lowish white, a little gritty, but tender and mellow. Juice 

 sugary, with a slight perfume. 



Ripe the end of September, and will keep two or three 

 weeks. 



This is a Scotch variety, and partakes something of the 

 Swan's Egg. It is a desirable and hardy fruit. 



58. PRINCESS OF ORANGE. Pom. Mag. t. 71. 

 Princesse d'Orange. Hort. Trans. Vol.'iv. p. 277. 

 Fruit roundish, turbinate, about the size of a White Beurre, 



two inches and three quarters deep, and the same in di- 



