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129. GLOUT MORCEAU, Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 291. 

 Gloux Morceaux.* Hort. Trans* Vol. vii. p. 179. t. 4. 

 Fruit very like the Beurre d'Aremberg, but larger, more 



oval, not so turbinate in its shape, about four inches long, 

 and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, deeply 

 sunk, in an uneven oblique hollow. Stalk an inch long, ra- 

 ther deeply inserted in an oblique cavity. Skin pale dull 

 olive green, a little inclining to yellow, and covered with nu- 

 merous gray russetty specks, with russetty blotches round 

 the stalk. Flesh whitish, firm, very juicy, but a little gritty 

 at the core. 



Ripe in November, and will keep till February or March. 



This very beautiful and very fine variety was sent to the 

 Horticultural Society by M. Parmentier of Enghien, along 

 with the Beurre d'Aremberg, in November, 1820. It requires 

 an east or south-east wall to grow it in perfection ; but very 

 fine specimens were (in 1830) grown upon open standards 

 in the Horticultural Garden at C his wick, three inches and 

 <a half long, and three inches in diameter. 



130. GRUMKQWER. 



Grumkower Winterbirne. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 316. 



Fruit middle-sized, in shape somewhat like a Bon-Chre- 

 tien, having a few obtuse angles or ribs extending from the 

 middle of the fruit to the crown, and narrowed towards the 

 stalk ; usually about three inches long, and two inches and 

 a quarter in diameter. Eye narrow. Stalk half an inch long, 

 inserted without any cavity. Skin smooth, pale green, 

 sprinkled with a few gray specks. Flesh melting. Juice 

 plentiful, saccharine, with a good deal of musky flavour. 



Ripe in November, and will keep till Christmas. 



131. LENT SAINT GERMAIN. HorL Soc. Cat. No. 

 514. 



Easter Saint Germain. Of some Gardens. 



Fruit pretty large, of an oblong figure, broadest in the 

 middle, and tapering to each extremity. Eye small and 

 prominently seated. Stalk an inch long, slender, obliquely 

 inserted under an elongated lip. Skin pale green, full of 

 small white specks. Flesh firm and breaking, with a very 

 good flavoured juice. 



In eating in March and ApriL 



* M. Dumortior Rutteau, of Teurnay, in a letter recently received from him, -as - 

 *orts, that the proper orthography of this name is Olout Morcea.it, 



