these are one and the same thing, of which the 

 colour varies according to soil, aspect, culture, 

 stock, &c. 



WOOD moderately strong, short-jointed, flexuose, 

 very apt to become cankered; but if healthy, of 

 a bright reddish chestnut colour, dotted with pale 

 brown. 



LEAVES rather large, ovate-oblong, tapering to 

 the point, folded together irregularly, and obscurely 

 toothed. PETIOLES nearly an inch long. STIPULES 

 often as long as the petiole. 



FLOWERS opening early, middle-sized. PETALS 

 obovate, tapering into the claw, very little tinged 

 with red. 



FRUIT variable in shape, size, and colour, gene- 

 rally large, obovate, tapering to the stalk, which is 

 usually from half an inch to an inch long, thick and 

 fleshy at its union with the spur, and thickening 

 obliquely into the fruit. EYE somewhat open, 

 placed in a shallow depression. SKIN soft, but not 

 smooth, of a greenish golden yellow, appearing 

 through a thin covering of russet ; on the sunny side 

 sometimes reddish brown. FLESH white, greenish 

 next the skin, with some greenish veins through it ; 

 melting, buttery, juicy, rich, and excellent; but 

 sometimes rather gritty. 



