272 PEARS. 



Stalk three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a small 

 cavity. Skin rough, yellow. Flesh white, tender, full of 

 an astringent juice, which renders it too austere to be eaten 

 raw by some palates, but is excellent when stewed. 

 In use from February till May. 



144. SPANISH BONCHRETIEN. JVf7/er, No. 61. 

 Bonchretien d'Espagne. Duhamel No. 89. t. 46. 

 Fruit large, somewhat angularly pyramidal, about four 



inches long, and three inches in diameter. Eye small, wifti 

 a short erect calyx, deeply sunk. Stalk one inch and a 

 half long, inserted in an oblique, obtuse-angled cavity. 

 Skin pale yellowish green, tinged on the sunny side with 

 streaks of dull red, thickly covered with brown specks. 

 Flesh white, breaking. Juice not plentiful, subacid, with a 

 pleasant astringency. 



In eating in November and December. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



145. TILLINGTON. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 521. 

 Fruit of the shape and size of the Gray Doyenne, but 



more perfectly rounded at the crown, about two inches and 

 three quarters long, and two inches and a half in diameter. 

 Stalk short, fleshy at its insertion. Skin dull green on the 

 shaded side, but of a dull brick dust red where exposed to 

 the sun, the whole a good deal russetted. Flesh white, 

 nearly buttery, with a little grit at the core, particularly rich 

 and sweet, though not very juicy. 



Ripe the middle of November, and will keep a consider- 

 able time without spoiling. 



This hardy Pear, for orchard purposes, was raised from 

 the seed of an autumn Bergamot, the blossom of which had 

 been impregnated with the Jargonelle, in the village of Til- 

 lington, near Hereford. Its fruit was sent to the Horticul- 

 tural Society by Mr. Knight, of Downton Castle, in the 

 autumn of 1820, the first year of the tree producing fruit. 



146. YIRGOULEUSE. Langley, t. 67. fig. 2. Duha- 

 mel, No. 95. t. 51. Miller, No. 56. 



Bujaleuf. Ib. 



Chambrette. Ib. 



Poire-glace. Jard. Fruit, t. 32. 



Fruit pretty large, of a very irregular obovate, pyramidal 

 figure, about three inches and a quarter long, and two inches 

 and a half in diameter. Eye small, rather deeply sunk. 

 Stalk an inch long, inserted in a rather small oblique cavity. 

 Skin very smooth, grass-green, turning to a pale yellow or 



