126 OF PEARS. 



2. Chio Pear ; Little Bastard Musk, This is 

 pretty much like the other, but smaller. The 

 skin, when ripe, has a few streaks of red next 

 the sun. 



3. Green Chissel ; Hastiveaii, Hasting, Du- 

 ham, 71, 9. Langley Pom. t, 62. / 2. This is a 

 middle-sized fruit ; it always remains green, and 

 is full of juice when ripe. It ripens in the begin- 

 ning of August. 



4. Red Muscadelle. Duham. ii, 80. t, 42. 

 Pom, Aust, t, 80. This is a large early Pear, of 

 great beauty ; the skin is of a beautiful yellow 

 striped with red, and the flesh has a rich flavour. 

 This sometimes produces two crops in a year ; the 

 first about the end of July, and the second in 

 September. 



5. Little Muscat. Poit. et Turp, Fr, t, 65. 

 This is a small pear ; the skin very thin, and of 

 a yellowish colour when ripe. This fruit has a rich 

 musky flavour, but will not keep long. It is ripe 

 about the beginning of August. 



6. Lady's Thigh. Duham, n,\\, t,5, Langley 

 Pom, t,(}\,f,4^. Pom, Aust, t,^^, Knoop Pom. 

 p, 64. t. 5, J commonly called in England Jargo- 

 nelle, This is of a russet-green colour from the 

 sun, but towards it inclining to an iron colour ; the 

 flesh is breaking, and has a rich musky flavour. 

 It is ripe about the middle of August. 



7. Windsor. Langley Pom, t,6l,Jl 2. Knoop 

 Pom, p,5^, tab, 1. This has a smooth skin, and 

 when ripe, is of a yellowish-green colour ; the 



