PEARS. 237 



55. Jalousie. Diihamel, No. 86. t. 47. f. 3. 



Fruit pretty large, of a roundish turbinate figure, pinched 

 in a little towards the stalk, about three inches long, and 

 nearly the same in diameter. Eye small, rather deeply sunk, 

 in a wide well formed hollow. Stalk an inch long, curved, 

 and inserted in a small round cavity. Skin of a thin rus- 

 setty or chestnut colour on the shaded side ; but of a dull 

 red where exposed to the sun. Flesh soft and buttery, with 

 a saccharine juice, and of an excellent flavour. 



Ripe the end of October and beginning of November. 



This languishes and perishes in a few years on the Quince. 



56. Lansac. Miller, No. 47. Buhamel, No. 109. 

 t. 57. 



Dauphine* lb. 



Satin. lb. 



Fruit below the middle size, nearly globular, about two 

 inches deep, and the same in diameter. Eye small, with a 

 recurved calyx, placed on the convex part of the apex. Stalk 

 three quarters of an inch long, straight, with a strong curb or 

 embossment next its insertion in the fruit. Skin smooth, of 

 a yellowish green colour. Flesh yellowish, melting, with a 

 sugary, slightly perfurned juice. 



Ripe in November, and will keep till Christmas. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



57. Moor-fowl Egg. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 416. 

 Fruit rather small, of a globular-ovate figure, abruptly 



tapering from the middle, both to the crown and the stalk, 

 about two inches and three quarters deep, and the same in 

 diameter. Eye small, open, with a short, slender, strigose 

 calyx, placed in a rather narrow and shallow basin. Stalk 

 one inch and a half long, shghtly inserted by the side of a 

 small elongated lip. Skin pale yellow, mixed with green, 

 and tinged on the sunny side with a lively orange brown, in- 

 terspersed with numerous minute russetty spots. Flesh yel- 

 lowish white, a little gritty, but tender and mellow. Juice 

 sugary, with a slight perfume. 



Ripe the end of September, and will keep two or three 

 weeks. 



This is a Scotch variety, and partakes something of the 

 Swan's Egg. It is a desirable and hardy fruit. 



58. Princess of Orange. Pom. Mag. t. 71. 

 Princesse d'Orange. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 277. 

 Fruit roundish, turbinate, about the size of a White Beurre, 



two inches and three quarters deep, and the same in di- 



