PEARS. 167 



Eemarks. — Of foreign origin. Tree vigorous. IsFot an 

 early bearer. Fruit a little gritty at core. 



Jargonelle English. Color, light green ; form, long neck ; 

 size, 2; use, table; texture, juicy; quality, 3; season, July 

 and August. 



Eemarks. — Should be picked a little time before 

 fully ripe, or it will soon rot at core on the tree, and fall. 

 U^Don the whole, it may be called unworthy. Exhibited 

 by T. V. Petticolas, and the author, at the same time, 

 July, 1855. Fruit Committee reported, " This fruit is not 

 much admired; though, when eaten just in the nick of 

 time before it is too ripe, tolerably good. It soon rots at 

 the core." If picked before ripe, and kept a day or two, 

 is not so very bad. Bears well on the quince. 



Jargonelle French. Of still less value. 



Jalousie. Color, of the deepest russet, ruddy in the 

 sun, and curiously inarked with lighter colored specks, a 

 little raised ; form, varying from roundish to obovate, and 

 more frequently pyriform ; size, 1 to 2 ; use, dessert; 

 quality, 2 ; season, Se2)tember. 



Remarks. — It is only of second-rate flavor, and soon 

 rots at the core. An unique-looking old Freuch pear. 

 Exhibited by A. H. Ernst, and reported by Fruit Com- 

 mittee, "Pretty good." 



JALOUSIE DE FONTEXAY YEjSTDEE. Color, dull 

 yellow and green, with russet patches and dots, and with 

 a red cheek ; form, turbinate, or obtuse pyriform ; size, 2 ; 

 texture, white, buttery, melting, with a rich flavored juice ; 

 quality, 1 ; season, September and October. It gives gen- 

 eral satisfaction. Fine, grown on quince ; inclined to 

 overbear.. " Very good." — Fruit Committee Report, 1855. 



