174 Pomological Notices. 



as it is termed in catalogues, and which, from the brevity of 

 the title, and the general desire to abolish long names, it is 

 likely it will continue to be known. We follow the London 

 Horticultural Society in the authority of Henri Quatre. 



FHg. 6. Henri Quatre. 



This pear, though of only moderate size and far from being 

 beautiful, is, notAvithstanding, a delicious fruit, and, when 

 better known, will be more sought after. It is also a great 

 and certain bearer. The tree is tolerably vigorous, the branches 

 slightly straggling. It is stated to have been raised by M. 

 Whitzumb, of Flanders. 



Size, medium, two and a half inches long and two and a 

 quarter in diameter : Form, obovately pyramidal, very full 

 at the crown, which is often oblique, and tapering regularly 

 into the stem : Skin, smooth, pale yellow, mixed with some 

 green near the stem, clouded and spotted with light red on 

 the sunny side, and covered with pale russet specks : Stem^ 

 medium length, about one inch long, slightly curved, smooth, 



