PEARS. 269 



113. GiLOGiL. Pom. Mag. t. 65. 

 Gile-6-giIe. JVoiseiie Manuel Complet, p. 531. 



Gros Gobet. \ Of some French Gardens, according to 



Dagobert. / the Pom. Mag. 



Fruit large, somewhat obovate, flattened at the top, and 

 tapering but Uttle to the stalk, about three inches and a quar- 

 ter deep, and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye 

 large, and deeply sunk in a plaited radiated hollow. Stalk 

 an inch long, rather deeply inserted in an uneven and mostly 

 two-lipped cavity. Skin a deep close russet, rather deeply 

 tinged with a brownish red on the sunny side. Flesh white, 

 juicy, breaking, a little gritty, sweet, and pleasant. 



In use from December till March or April. 



A valuable winter Pear, although not of first-rate excel- 

 lence. It is very handsome, and an excellent bearer. It 

 will succeed as an open standard in a sheltered warm situ- 

 ation. 



114. Holland Bergamot. Miller^ No. 71. 

 Bergamotte d'Hollande. Duhamel, No. 53. t. 25. 

 Bergamotte d'Alencon. lb. 



Amoselle. lb. 



Lord Cheney's. Of some Gardens. 



Fruit large, of a regular roundish figure, but somewhat 

 broadest at the crown, about three inches deep, and nearly 

 the same in diameter. Eye small, divested of its calyx, sunk 

 pretty deep in a depressed and wide basin. Stalk one inch 

 and a half long, slender, crooked, inserted in a slightly an- 

 gular, but not deep cavity. Skin in the autumn green, mar- 

 bled all over, more or less, with a thin brown russet ; but as 

 it acquires maturity, the skin becomes yellow, and the rus- 

 setty colouring of a more lively character. Flesh half but- 

 tery, with a plentiful and highly flavoured juice. 



In eating from March till May or June. 



It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



This very valuable Pear, if ever in the possession of Lord 

 Cheney, must have been in England previously to 1595. It 

 originated at Alencon in France, and is highly deserving of 

 cultivation. 



115. Poire du Jardin. Duhamel, 28. t. 19. f. 3. 

 Fruit pretty large, round, and flattened somewhat hke a 



Bergamot, about two inches and three quarters deep, and 

 two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, placed in a 

 very shallow depression. Stalk three quarters of an inch 

 long, stout, inserted in a small cavity. Skin yellow on the 



