270 PEARS. 



with some slight longitudinal furrows tunning from the stalk 

 end. Flesh yellowish, melting, juicy, v%ry rich, and most 

 excellent. 



In perfection in December and January. 



A most abundant bearer. 



It was raised in Flanders by Counsellor Hardenpont, to 

 whom, in conjunction with Dr. Van Mons, and some others 

 of his countrymen, we are indebted for several very excel- 

 lent varieties of the Pear. 



138. PASTORALE. Miller, No. 75. Duhamel, No. 100. 

 t. 55. 



Musette d'Automne. Ib. 



Petit Rateau. Jard. Fruit, t. 40. 



Fruit large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, a little com- 

 pressed near the stalk, about four inches long, and two 

 inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye small, with a 

 connivent calyx, prominently seated. Stalk an inch long, 

 straight, stout, with a curb or embossment at its insertion in 

 the fruit. Skin somewhat rough, of a yellowish gray 

 colour, speckled with red on the sunny side. Flesh tender 

 and buttery, with an excellent saccharine and musky juice. 



In eating from November till February or March. 



This succeeds better on the Pear than on the Quince. 



It is said to have been raised by the Capuchins of Lou- 

 vain. 



139. POIRE DU VITRIER. Diihamel, No. 24. t. 44. f. 4. 

 Fruit middle-sized, oblong, somewhat of the shape of a 



Chaumontel, about two inches and a half long, and two 

 inches and a quarter in diameter, swelling a little in the 

 middle, and a little narrowed at each extremity. Eye large, 

 open, seated in an irregularly-formed depression. Stalk an 

 inch long, inserted rather deeply in an irregularly-angled 

 cavity. Skin smooth, green on the shaded side, but deeply 

 tinged with red on the side next the sun, and covered with 

 numerous gray specks. Flesh white, with a very agreeable 

 juice. 



, In eating in November and December. 

 This succeeds well on both the Pear and the Quince. 



140. ROYALE D'HivER. Duhamel, No. 71, t. 35. 



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

 creasing a little irregularly from the crown to the stalk, 

 about three inches long, and two inches and three quarters 

 in diameter. Eye small, in a deeply depressed basin. 

 Stalk one inch and a half long, slender, bent, and inserted 



