230 PEARS. 



1 have not quoted any synonymes of this Pear from fb* 

 reign authors, not being able to satisfy myself of their iden- 

 tity with it. Duhamel's figure of Cuisse Madame is pyra- 

 midally turbinate, evidently a different frtiit. 



The wood of the Windsor Pear is very stout, never pro- 

 ducing laterals, perfectly erect, so much so as to be rea- 

 dily distinguished in the nurseiy from every other sort. The 

 tree is by no means a hardy one, being very liable to canker, 

 especially when planted either on gravelly or cpld wet soils. 



Yut ^^'^' } ^^ ^'*^ -^'''^^^ Gardens. 



Fruit rather small, turbinate, about two inches long, and 

 one inch and three quarters in diameter, generally a little flat- 

 tened on the opposite sides. Eye small, opens with a very 

 small calyx, seated in a rather shallow uneven basin. Stalk 

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

 cavity. Skin, of a very thick russetty brown, thickly co- 

 vered with round gray specks, and generally a little colour- 

 ed when exposed to the sun. Flesli 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 hke those of the Jargonelle, 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 Mig- 

 nonne Apple, both sorts of which are now growing. 



Sect. III. — Aitumnal- Round-fruited, 



41. AsTON Town. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 18. 



Aston Town. Pom. Mag. t. 139. 



iVdii middle-sized, of a roundish turbinate figure, some- 

 what like a narrow-crov.ned Crasanne, but more tapered 

 next the stalk, about two inches and a half deep, and nearly 

 the same in diameter. Eye small, shallow. Stalk one inch 

 and a half long, slender, protruding in a direct line from the 

 base, and inserted with but little cavity. Skin pale greenish 

 whita, rugose, covered with numerous gray russetly specks, 

 like the Crasanne. Flesh tender, buttery, and full of a most 

 excellent saccharine perfumed juice. 



