112 PEAKS. 



this will remain in use till April and May ; we have not seen 

 any instance of its possessing sucii a property in England, but 

 it probably would if grown on an open standard, for which it 

 is well adapted. It should however be observed, that the pe- 

 riod of ripening in pears depends very much upon the time at 

 which their blossoms open ; fruit produced by late blossoms 

 will invariably keep later than such as comes, from early blos- 

 soms ; hence it happens not unfrequently, that chambered fruit 

 will vary as much as a month or six weeks in the time of its 

 being fit for the table. 



" Wood very vigorous, bright brown, Avith numerous small 

 russet spots; leaves thick, flat, recurved, regularly serrated ; 

 flowers middle-sized, roundish oval ; fruit large, roundish, 

 flattened at the top and not tapering into the stalk ; eye large 

 and deep ; stalk short, deeply inserted ; skin a deep close rus- 

 set, a little tinged with red next the sun ; flesh white, juicy, 

 breaking, a little gritty, sweet, and pleasant." 



BEAUTY OF WINTER. Auth. 



Bellissime d^hiver. Roz. Duh. | Teton de Venus. 



De Bur. 



This pear is of round form next the head, and as it becomes 

 somewhat contracted towards the opposite end, it thence de- 

 rives a turbinate shape ; it measures thirty-six to thirty-eight 

 lines in height, and thirty-four to thirty-six in diameter ; the 

 stem and the eye are almost even with the extremities of the 

 fruit; the skin in the shade is light green, changing to pale 

 yellow at maturity, and the part exposed to the sun becomes of 

 a crimson hue — the whole surface is besides profusely strewed 

 with small grayish specks ; the flesh is firm, rather dry, bland, 

 and somewhat agreeable ; the seeds are large and of a light 

 brown hue, and the fruit ripens in November and December, 

 and keeps till in May. It is far better cooked than raw, and 

 pretty good compotes may be made with it. 



