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eighteen to twenty-two in diameter, with a stem rather more 

 than an inch long, which rises from a small cavity ; the skin 

 is grayish on the shade side, and slightly reddish next the sun, 

 speckled (tiquete) all over with innumerable points or dots 

 approaching a fawn colour ; the flesh is of a rosy hue, with 

 but little flavour and rather insipid. This fruit ripens about 

 the middle of August, and is a curiosity on account of the 

 colour of its flesh, which it is to be regretted is not of supe- 

 rior quality. 



RED FLOWERING. PE. CAT. 



Sanguine d' Italic. N. Duh. 



Sanguine, of various French publications. 



Poire d'ltalie. 



This pear greatly resembles the preceding; it is of turbi- 

 nate form, being twenty-six lines in height and twenty-four in 

 its greatest diameter; the eye is placed in a small cavity ; the 

 peduncle is from eight to fourteen lines long and generally 

 inserted somewhat laterally and not exactly at the apex of the 

 fruit ; the flesh is firm, breaking, of a whitish and roseate hue, 

 with some veins of deeper red. It has but little flavour and 

 soon becomes soft. It ripens early in August, and the seeds 

 are of a blackish brown colour. 



FIGUE, OR PETALLESS. PK. CAT. 



Poire Figue. Roz. Duh. 



Pistolette. 



Blossomless pear, or Pear without blossoms. 



This fruit is pyriform, but very much elongated, being 

 three inches in height, and but twenty-two lines in diame- 

 ter ; the eye is placed in a slight cavity, and the size of the 

 fruit diminishes towards the stem ; the skin is pretty even and 

 regular, and of a brownish green hue even at its maturity ; 

 the flesh is white, melting, sweet, and pleasant. The seeds 

 are black and oblong, and the tree matures its fruit in Sep- 

 tember. 



