PEAR3. 271 



in a small, oblique, irregular cavity. Skin smooth, yellow, 

 but of a fine red on the sunny side, marbled with numerous 

 brown specks and dots. Flesh yellowish, half buttery, 

 melting, and containing a rich, saccharine, well-flavoured 

 juice. 



In eating in December, January, and February. 



This succeeds well on the Pear, not on the Quince. 

 . 141. SAINT AUGUSTIN. Miller, No. 60. DuhameJ, 

 JS*o. 99. t. 58. f. 3. 



Fruit below the middle size, of a long pyramidal shape, 

 oval at its apex, and compressed on one side near the stalk, 

 about two inches and three quarters long, and two inches in 

 diameter. Eye small, with a recurved calyx, prominently 

 placed. Stalk an inch long, strong, bent, a little everted, 

 and obliquely inserted without any cavity. Skin of a fine 

 citron colour, spotted with red on the sunny side. Flesh 

 firm, and full of a saccharine, musky juice. 



In eating in December, January, and February. 



It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



142. SAINT GERMAIN. Langley, t. 66. f. 2. Miller, 

 No. 59. Duhamel, No. 96. t. 52. 



Inconnu de la Faire. IB. 



Fruit large, of a pyramidal figure, tapering from the crown 

 to the stalk, about three inches and three quarters long, and 

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

 shallow basin. Stalk an inch long, curved, inserted very 

 obliquely in the fruit without any cavity. Skin yellowish 

 green, when fully matured with a few brownish specks on 

 the sunny side. Flesh white, melting, and full of very rich, 

 saccharine, high-flavoured juice. 



Ripe in November, and will keep good till Christmas. 



It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



This most excellent Pear, known to almost every gar- 

 dener in England, was discovered on the banks of the river 

 Faire t in the parish of Saint Germain, in the ci-devant pro- 

 vince of the isle of France. 



It requires a good soil, and a south or south-east aspect, 

 [f planted in a cold soil it is apt to be ill-shaped and gritty, 



143. SAINT-PRE. Duhamel, No. 117. 

 Saint-Pair. Ib. 



Poire de Saint-Pere. Bon. Jard. 1827. p. 315. 



Fruit below the middle size, of a turbinate figure, about 

 two inches and a half long, and two inches and a quarter in 

 diameter. Eye small, sunk in a shallow plaited basin. 



