276 PEARS. 



with a red tinge on the sunny side. Flesh hard, with an 

 austere juice. 



In use from December till April. 

 This succeeds better on the Pear than on the Quince. 

 The Catillac is a most excellent Pear for baking and 

 stewing. The tree is very hardy, a handsome grower, and 

 a very good bearer upon a common standard, and deserves 

 a place in every choice collection of fruit. 



154. DOUBLE-BLOSSOMED. JVI7/er, No. 76. 

 Double-fleur. Duhamel, No. 58. t. 28. 

 Armenie. Jard. Fruit, t. 36. 



Fruit shaped very much like the Swiss Bergamot, about 

 two inches and a half deep, and the same in diameter. Eye 

 small, with an erect calyx, placed in a very regular shallow 

 basin. Stalk an inch long, inserted in a very small cavity. 

 Skin green, but yellow when ripe, and of a red or pale purple 

 colour on the sunny side. Flesh pretty crisp, with plenty of 

 juice ; but is more fit for baking or stewing than for eating 

 raw. 



In use from February till April or May. 

 It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 

 This is a desirable tree to plant for ornament. Its large 

 double flowers, which contain twelve or fifteen petals, make 

 a very handsome appearance in the spring. It sometimes 

 produces variegated leaves ; then the fruit is striped with 

 green, yellow, and red. 



155. TRSOR. l}ukamel>.'No. 105. 

 Amour. Duhamel, No. 105. 

 Tresor d' Amour. Bon. Jard. 1827, p. 315. 

 Fruit very large, more so than the Black Pear of Wor- 

 cester, in shape somewhat like it, but more compressed 

 both towards the crown and the stalk ; full four inches and 

 three quarters deep, and five inches in diameter, sometimes 

 even larger than this. Eye small, in a wide hollow basin. 

 Stalk an inch long, very stout, inserted in a deep cavity. 

 Skin rough, yellowish, but of a brownish colour on the sun- 

 ny side. Flesh white, and, when fully matured, rather melting, 

 with a plentiful and tolerable juice, but is fit only for stewing ; 

 for this purpose, DUHAMEL observes, it is far preferable to 

 either the Catillac or Poire de Livre. 

 In use from December till March. 



This is best on the Pear stock, being too vigorous to sub- 

 sist upon the Quince. 



