PEARS. 17 



LITTLE BLANQUET. PR. CAT. EVEL. FOR. 



Petite Uanquette. N. Duh. 



Petit blanquet. Quin. Roz,, Duh. 



Poire a la perle. Roz. syn. Duh. syn. 



Blanquet petit. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 



Pearl pear. 



Little blanket. Mil. 



Musk blanquet, or Blanquelte. Mil. 



Small Blanquet. 



White pear. Evel. 



This fruit is pyriform, eighteen lines in height by thirteen 

 in breadth ; the skin is very smooth and yellowish white j the 

 flesh is half-breaking, white, with a slight musk flavour and of 

 pleasant taste. The seeds are well formed and of a light 

 brown hue, and the fruit ripens the first part of August. The 

 tree can be ingrafted on the quince or pear, and is very vigo- 

 rous and fruitful. 



HASTIVEAU. PK. CAT. Roz. DUH. 



Hatweau. Coxe. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 



Hativeaux. Jard. fruit. 



Hativau. Lond. Hort. Soc, cat. 



Green Chisel. For. and the modern English authors ? 



This pear, which is of turbinate form a little flattened, usually 

 measures fifteen lines in diameter, and thirty-four in height, 

 and has a slender stem, whose length is disproportionate to 

 the fruit, and often measures eighteen lines. The skin is very 

 even, and entirely of a light yellow hue except on the sun side, 

 where it has some touches of bright red. The flesh is half 

 melting and musky, but nevertheless has but little flavour ; 

 the seeds are black and well formed, and the fruit ripens 

 about the middle of July, the tree produces abundantly, and 

 may be propagated on both pear and quince stocks. I have 

 already stated my reasons for the supposition that this may be 

 the pear at present known in England as the Green Chisel. 



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