258 PEARS, 



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Terlinf. f f some Nurseries. 



Winter Bergamot. J 



Fruit pretty large, of a roundish turbinate figure ; three 

 inches or more deep, and the same in diameter, but broadest 

 at the crown. Eye small, closed, and sunk in a shallow ba- 

 sin. Stalk short, thick, inserted a little obliquely in a small 

 shallow cavity. Skin green, quite round, and covered with 

 numerous gray specks ; but when matured it turns of a yel- 

 lowish gray. Flesh white, half buttery, with a sugary, wcll- 

 flavoured juice. 



In eating from January till April or May. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



The Easter Bergamot has been a long time in this coun- 

 try, having been planted at Hampton Court in the time of 

 Queen Elizabeth. It requires a south or south-east aspect, 

 and a dry bottom. 



111. FRANCREAL. Miller, No. 68. 

 Franc-Real. Duhamel, No. 60. 



Fin or d'Hiver. Knoop. Pom. p. 136. 



Fruit pretty large, of a somewhat globular figure, a little 

 compressed at both extremities ; about three inches and a 

 half long, and nearly the same in diameter. Eye small, 

 placed in a shallow narrow basin. Stalk three quarters of 

 an inch long. Skin yellow, very much mottled with a pale 

 russetty brown, particularly on the sunny side. Flesh rather 

 dry, and apt to be gritty. Juice rather insipid, but is excel- 

 lent when stewed. 



In use from January till March. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



112. GERMAN MUSCAT. Miller, No. 70. 

 Muscat d'Allemagne. Duhamel, No. 72. t. 36. 



Fruit pretty large, broadly turbinate, and somewhat com- 

 pressed towards the stalk, about three inches deep, and the 

 same in diameter. Eye small, seated in a small shallow- 

 basin. Stalk one inch and a half long, slender, inserted in 

 a very small cavity. Skin covered with russet quite round, 

 and coloured with brown on the sunny side. Flesh pale 

 yellow, buttery, and melting. Juice sugary, musky, and 

 perfumed. 



In eating from March till May. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



