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rlod of its introduction to Britain, by whom it was extensively 

 sold under his own name. But there are two other pears 

 which bear the name of Chapman, one of which is cultivated 

 in France and is enumerated in several of the catalogues of 

 that country ; the other is a variety so called about Phila- 

 delphia, which I have in my collection. It is necessary there- 

 fore to be watchful, or we may be led into error in adopting 

 this synonyme. 



TARQUIN. Pk. cat. Duh. 



This pear is oblong, its form very much approaching that of 

 the Epargne, or Jargonelle of the English, but it is slightly 

 flattened at the base, and rather more pointed next the stem, 

 which is of moderate length, and enlarged near its junction 

 with the fruit, where it presents a fleshy appearance. The 

 skin is delicate and at full maturity becomes greenish yellow, 

 marbled over with fawn colour ; a shallow groove extends from 

 one end of the fruit to the other ; the flesh is breaking without 

 being dry, rather delicate, and has a slight acidity in its fla- 

 vour somewhat resembling that of the Easter Bergamot, or 

 Bergamotte de Pasques. This pear does not ripen until in 

 April and May. 



POIRE DE JARDIN. Pr. cat. Duh. Coxe. 



Poirier de Jar din. Roz. | Garden pear. 



This fruit is flattened at the head, and its form is nearly glo- 

 bular like the Orange pears ; it is two and a half inches in 

 diameter, and two inches three lines in height ; the eye is in- 

 serted in a cavity which is usually of regular form and rather 

 deep, and the stem, which is whitish green, large at its extre- 

 mity and eight or nine lines in length, is situated in a small 

 cavity that is contracted and shallow ; the skin is somewhat 

 pimpled, and on the side exposed to the sun is a beautiful dark 



