256 PEARS. 



106. ViGNE. Miller, No. 39. Duhamel, No. 110. 

 t. 58. f. 2. 



Demoiselle. 76. 



Fruit small, of a turbinate figure, about one inch and 

 three quarters long, and one inch and a half in diameter. 

 Eye large and open. Stalk two inches long, slender, in- 

 serted in a small cavity. Skin rough, of a dull red colour, 

 quite round, and full of gray specks. Flesh melting, and 

 full of a pretty good juice. 



Ripe the middle and end of October. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



107. White Doyenne. Pom. Mag. t. 60. 

 Doyenne Blanc. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 233, 

 Doyenne. Duhamel, 81. t. 43. 



Beurre Blanc. lb. 



Bonne-ante. Ih. 



Saint Michel. lb. 



Carlisle. 



Citron de Septembre. 



Kaiserbirne. 



Poire a courte queue. 



Poire de Limon. .Of various Collections, according 



Poire de Neige. f to the Pom, Mag. 



Poire de Seigneur. 



Poire Monsieur. 



Valencia. 



White Beurre. 



Fruit pretty large, roundish oblong, narrowest at the stalk, 

 about three inches and a half long, and two inches and three 

 quarters in diameter. Eye very small, with small, acute, 

 closed segments of the calyx, placed in a shallow depres- 

 sion. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, rather thick, in- 

 serted in a small cavity ; in some specimens it is diagonally 

 inserted under a small elongated lip. Skin pale citron yel- 

 low, speckled throughout, more or less, with cinnamon rus- 

 set, and tinged with orange brown on the sunny side. Flesk 

 white, juicy, very buttery, and delicious. 



Ripe the end of September, and good for three or four 

 weeks. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



An old and excellent Pear, bearing well in this country 

 vipon an open standard. It is one of the best to graft upon 

 the Quince, and to cultivate en quenouille. It is best known 



