260 PEARS. 



shaded side, but of a soft red where exposed to the sun, and 

 marked with a few yellow specks. Flesh half buttery, with 

 an excellent saccharine juice. 



In eating in December and January. 



116. WINTER ORANGE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 139. 

 t. 2. f. 3. 



Orange d'Hiver. Duhamd, No. 29. t. 19. f. 4. 



Fruit middle-sized, globular, a little flattened at the crown, 

 about two inches and a quarter deep, and two inches and a 

 half in diameter. Eye small, open, placed in a very shal- 

 low, perfectly round basin. Stalk an inch long, thick, and 

 inserted in a small oblique cavity. Skin smooth, rich, yel- 

 low, covered with numerous brown specks. Flesh white, 

 crisp, with a sugary, highly flavoured, musky juice. 



In eating in February, and will keep till April. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



SECT. VI. Winter Conical-fruited. 



117. ANGLIQUE DE BORDEAUX. Duhamel, No. 88. 

 t. 47. f. 5. 



Poire Angelique. Miller, No. 77. 



Saint Martial. Ib. 



Saint Marcel. Bon. Jard. 1827. p. 311. 



Gros Franc-real. Ib. 



Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, some- 

 what like a Bon-chretien, about three inches and a quarter 

 long, and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye 

 small, placed in a narrow and rather deep hollow. Stalk 

 one inch and a half long, strong, crooked, inserted in an ob- 

 lique but not deep cavity. Skin smooth and yellowish, but 

 on the sunny side it is of a faint purple colour. Flesh ten- 

 der and buttery, with a sugary juice. 



In eating from February till April. 



It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince, but not so 

 well on the latter stock. 



This Pear was introduced into this country about the year 

 1700, and first planted by the Duke of Montague at Dit- 

 ton ; it requires to be grown against a south or south-east 

 wall. 



118. ANCLICIUE DE ROME. Duhamel, No. 108. Jard. 

 Fruit, t. 42. 



Fruit middle-sized, a little more long than broad, being 



