134 PEARS. 



yet firmly to the tree — this is the only way to have it really in 

 perfection, for il suffered to ripen fully on the tree, it is a poor 

 variety. It decays externally before it gives way at the core." 



MUSCAT ROYE. Calvel. Die. d'Agric. 



This is a small fruit, of oblong form ; the skin rough to the 

 touch, of a yellowish green on the shaded side, and of a plea- 

 sant red next the sun ; the flesh is breaking and perfumed ; the 

 tree is vigorous, and the fruit is at maturity at the end of 

 August. 



TROMPE CASSAIRE. Die. d'Agric. 



According to an account of M. Lardier, this variety is cul- 

 tivated in the environs of Aix. It is an early fruit, of medium 

 size, round and green, with a long stem ; the flesh delicate, 

 with rather pleasant juice when it is not too ripe, and the tree 

 bears abundantly. 



SUMMER FRANCREAL. Pom. mag. 



Francrdvl dJ'He. Dial's Pom. Lend. Hort. cat. 



Fondante- Knoop Pomol 



Gros Micet d''6t6, of some French gardens. 



This pear is figured in the Pomological Magazine, and des- 

 cribed as follows : 



" A valuable variety, destitute of the hardness of the Bon- 

 chretien, and of the muskiness of many French pears of its 

 season. It is a very hardy, healthy, free growing tree, and a 

 great bearer, ripening its fruit in the middle of September. 



" Wood greenish-yellow, brown, sprinkled with a few pale- 

 brown spots ; leaves large, ovate, somewhat cordate, acumi- 

 nate, almost entire at the margin, when young very woolly ; 

 petioles upwards of an inch long, rather slender ; stipules 



