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PEARS. 



POIRE DE PENDANT. N. Dtih. 



Pendar? Quin. | Hanging pear 7 Evel. 



Pendar, or Knave's pear. iMil. ? For. ? 



It is from the long stem by which this pear is suspended, 

 ivhich is near two inches in length, that it obtains its title. The 

 ritire height of the fruit is twenty-eight lines, and its breadth 

 ( A'o inches, and sometimes a line more. The form is turbi- 

 nate, the skin is ash-coloured, approaching russet, and dotted 

 over with small points precisely of the latter colour ; the flesh 

 is greenish white, melting, sweet, and partially perfumed ; the 

 seeds are a blackish brown, and the fruit ripens at the end oi 

 September. 



It is very dubious ^^ hether the synonymes quoted from Mil- 

 ler and Forsyth apply to this fruit. The former quotes 

 Tourn. and no other author, and the latter copies the descrip- 

 tion from the former. I think it also doubtful whether Quin- 

 tinye and Evelyn referred to this pear — they mention the time 

 of ripening to be in October. 



DONVILLE. Roz. Duh. 



This pear is of an oblong form, being thirty lines in height 

 and twenty-two in breadth — it diminishes towards the eye, 

 which is situated in a small cavity, and it becomes still more 

 contracted towards the stem, wJiich is about eight lines long 

 and inserted in a very small compressed cavity, surrounded by 

 some furrows; the skin is smooth, shining, of a lemon colour, 

 scattered over with fawn-coloured spots on the shaded side, and 

 and of a rather lively red next the sun, with some small light 

 gray specks ; the flesh is breaking, white slightly inclining to 

 yellowish, of a somewhat acid flavour, not disagreeable how- 

 ever at the full maturity of the fruit, which takes place in the 

 month of April. The seeds arc oblong, perfect, and of a 

 light brown hue. 



