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midway of its length ; the eye is pretty large, placed in a 

 broad and slightly hollowed depression ; the part next the stalk 

 diminishes considerably in size, and terminates in an almost 

 acute point at the place where the stem is inserted ; the skin is 

 light green, interspersed with specks and small spots of a 

 grayish hue ; the flesh is white, half-breaking, not gritty, and 

 is very good cooked and in compotes ; there are usually in 

 this fruit but four seminal cells, each of which contains two 

 oblong seeds that are slender, curved towards the point, and of 

 a light brown colour ; this pear ripens in December and Ja- 

 nuary ; the tree is vigorous, and may be grafted on the pear 

 and the quince. 



LANSAC. Pr. cat. Roz. Duh. Mil. Fob. 



<^ f- ' \ Roz. syn. Duh. syn. Mil. syn. 



Satin vert ? Quin. 

 Green satin ? Evei. 



This fruit is almost globular, its diameter being nearly 

 equal to its height, the former measures twenty-three lines and 

 the latter twenty-four ; the eye is situated in a slight depres- 

 sion, and frequently nearly even with the fruit ; the stem is 

 large, seven to ten lines in length, fleshy at its junction, and 

 sometimes inserted even with the extremity, and at others in a 

 small cavity ; the skin is smooth and yellow ; the flesh melting, 

 and of a sweet, rich, and agreeable flavour ; the seeds are or- 

 dinarily abortive ; the fruit begins ripening at the end of Oc- 

 tober and keeps sometimes till in January : the tree may be 

 grafted upon the pear and the quince. 



TROUVE. Roz. Duh. 



The form of this pear is very regular ; it is twenty-nine 

 lines in height, and twenty-seven in diameter ; the eye is large, 

 very open, and placed nearly even with the fruit ; the stem, 

 which is fifteen to eighteen lines in length. large at its extre- 



