fcEARS. 277 



156. UVEDALE'S SAINT GERMAIN. Miller, No. 80. 



Union. 76. 



Udale's Warden. Langley, t. 71. fig. 1. 



Pickering. Ib. 



Tonneau. Duhamel, No. 106. t. 58. f. 5. 



Poire de Tonneau. Jard. Fruit, t. 43. 



Belle de Jersey. Of the French Gardens. 



Fruit very large, of an oblong figure, tapering to the 

 crown, but compressed between the middle and the stalk ; 

 its usual size is about four inches long, and three inches 

 broad, but sometimes much larger. Eye wide, in a deep 

 hollow. Stalk an inch long, bent, and rather deeply insert- 

 ed in an oblique angular cavity. Skin smooth, dark green, 

 and of a dull brown on the sunny side ; but as it becomes 

 matured it is of a red colour on a yellowish ground. Flesh 

 white, hard, and a little gritty next the core, with an austere 

 astringent juice, which renders it unfit for eating raw, but it 

 is excellent for baking and stewing. 



In use from Christmas till April. 



This does not succeed on an open standard ; but it may 

 be trained as an espalier, where it has a warm aspect, when 

 it will bear and ripen very well. 



It, however, deserves an east or south-east exposure, 

 and if well managed it will grow to a very large size. I have 

 gathered it of seventeen inches its greatest, and fifteen 

 inches its least, circumference, weighing thirty-one avoirdu- 

 pois ounces ; but a Pear of this sort, sent from Mr. Maisson 

 of Jersey, was exhibited at the Horticultural Society, De- 

 cember 19, 1826, which weighed forty-four ounces. 



Dr. Uvedale, whose name appears to this Pear, was one 

 of the most eminent horticulturists of his time. He lived at 

 Eltham in 1690, and had a garden at Enfield in 1724, which 

 is noticed by Miller in the first edition of his Dictionary in 

 that year. 



SECT. VIII. Perry Pears. 



157. BARLAND. Pom. Herefordiensis, t. 27. 



Fruit rather small, of an oval figure, but broadest towards 

 the crown. Eye prominent, and the segments of the calyx 

 nearly erect. Stalk half an inch long, slender. Skin dull 

 green, russetted with a muddy gray. 



Specific gravity of its juice 1070. 

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