240 PEARS. 



impression. Stalk an inch long, strong, curved, inserted in 

 a very narrow, oblique shallow cavity. Skin pale yellow, 

 mixed with green, slightly russetted. Flesh a little gritty, 

 but very soft, mellow, and tender. Juice abundant, sugary, 

 with a slight musky perfume. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of October, but will not 

 keep above two or three weeks. 



Another of the new Flemish Pears, grown in the Horti- 

 cultural Society's garden at Chiswick, on an open standard. 

 It is good and handsome. 



65. Bellissime d'Automne. Duhamel, No. 12. t. 19. 

 f. 1. 



Yermilion. lb. 



Petite Certeau. Jard. Fruit, t. 27. 



Fruit middle-sized, of a long j)yramidal shape, somewhat 

 like the Jargonelle, about three inches long, and two inches 

 in diameter. Eye pretty deep. Stalk an inch long, thicken- 

 ed next the fruit, and obliquely inserted. Skin smooth, yel- 

 low on the shaded side ; but of a bright red, and full of gray 

 specks, where fully exposed to the sun. Flesh white, crisp ; 

 on some soils it is half buttery. Juice sweet, and highly fla- 

 voured. 



Ripe the middle and end of October. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



66. Beurre Knox. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 104. 



Fruit above the middle size, oblong, in form somewhat 

 like the Brown Beurre, about three inches and a quarter 

 long, and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye 

 small, open, in a very narrow shallow depression. Stalk an 

 inch long, crooked, diagonally inserted under a short, knob- 

 by, elongated lip. Skin pale green, with a little thin brown- 

 ish-gray russet on the sunny side. Flesh a little gritty, but 

 mellow. Juice saccharine, but without any peculiar flavour. 



Ripe the middle and end of October, and will keep a few 

 weeks in perfection. 



Another of the newly raised Flemish Pears, grown in the 

 Horticultural garden at Chiswick, upon an open standard. 



67. Bezy de Montignt. Duhamel, No. S3, t. 44. f. 6. 

 Trouve de Montigny. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 122. 

 Fruit middle-sized, pyramidal, somewhat like the Bezy 



de la Motte in figure, about two inches and three quarters 

 long, and two inches and a quarter in diameter, compressed 

 towards the stalk. Eye small, with a reflexed calyx, in a 

 round shallow basin. Stalk an inch long, stout, inserted 



