PEARS. 195 



short calyx, seated in a ratlicr shallow uneven basin. Stalk 

 an inch long, rather slender, obliquely inserted, without any 

 cavity. Skin of a very thick russetty brown, thickly covered 

 with round gray specks, and generally a little coloured when 

 exposed to the sun. Flesh breaking and tender, with a very 

 sugary, rich, and highly perfumed juice. Ripe the middle and 

 end of September. The trees of this very valuable variety 

 grow large, and the branches are drooping like those of the 

 Epargne, but much more slender and numerous. A very 

 hardy bearer, brought from Holland by the late Thomas 

 Harvey, Esq. and planted in his garden at Catton, near 

 Norwich, about sixty years ago, along with some plants of 

 the Dutch Mignonne Apple, both sorts of which are now 

 gt-owing." — Lind. 



CHARLES D'AUTRICHE. Pr. cat. Lond. iioet. trans. Lind. 



Charles of Austria. 



" Fruit large, very handsome, about three inches and a half 

 long, and three inches broad, in colour something like a White 

 Beurre, but in shape more convex and irregular. Eye in a 

 confined hollow, not deeply sunk. Stalk an inch long. Skin 

 greenish yellow, profusely sprinkled with brown specks, and 

 partially russetted. Flesh white, melting, very juicy, with a 

 rich high flavour, but with little perfume. Ripe the beginning 

 to the end of November. A fine and beautiful fruit, raised by 

 Dr. Van Mons, and sent to the Horticultural Society', where it 

 was exhibited in November, 1816." — Lind. 



DOUBLE D'AUTOMNE. Lond. hcrt. cat. Lind. 



Double Autumnal. 



" Fruit middle-sized, in the form of a Bergamot, handsomely 

 rounded, without angles, and tapering towards the stalk. Eye 

 small, open with very short segments of the calyx, sunk in a 

 handsome, round, shallow basin. Stalk three quarters of an 

 inch long, inserted in a small oblique, slightly-lipped cavity. 

 Skin an entire cinnamon russet, through which a little green 



